Mekanism Fusion Reactor too easy to make

[xander2508]

The Mekanism Fusion Reactor is too easy to make. Its recipe is actually very simple, it only really takes a few early game machines to craft in plate form. The only mildly difficult item is the "Titanium Aluminide Plate".

The item which should be making it prohibitive before the NuclearCraft reactors is the "Basic Processor" but these can be found in Cyclops loot chests allowing you to bypass NuclearCraft entirely (Until later when some items are needed).

I have seen a few users rush this immediately to get a early midgame power source which runs of water for an insane power setup.

[Krutoy242]

How much RF/t those users got from that reactor?

[xander2508]

He is reporting to me ~600K RF/t as he is using the air cooled one right now in the basic layout. If he spends the time to upgrade to water and then turbines, it will easily top 10M RF/t

[Krutoy242]

The recipe (just for record):

I want to mention, that this recipe is not "easy" to make. It require large infrastructure to craft and progression to many mods.
Hardest of them is Advanced Crafting Table which require lot of exploration (to gather Black Iron) or progress towards Thermal Expansion. Also, Luminiscence, that require bee breeding or high-tier machinese

Also, dont forget that Mek reqactor require huge infrastructure to generate D-T fuel, including heavy water fields, all the walls/turbine details complexity.

And lets compare this to alternatives of the same complexity.

• NC reactor + turbine generate even more, and less complex
• 4 Endergenic generators will produce same amount
• Little more complex is Black Hole Generator which can be easily scaled to 10M rf/t
• 3 Gas Turbines from AdvGenerators could make up to 600k rf/t with Manyullyn turbines

So, im my conclusion, Mekanism generator is fine right now. Its good energy for lot of processing steps.