Enzer

Fine, nearly six months.

Just going to throw this out there, but purposefully recommending beta versions of a mod that hasn't had a stable public release in six months, that is known to be highly buggy and not intended for normal use, to a person (especially when they intend to install it for server use), is a really dick thing to do when you do not warn them about the fact that it is not intended for public use. Linking them to some hack's site who is rehosting the mod in hopes of ad revenue and doesn't state the issues with that version, is also a dick thing to do. How would you like it if you were looking for a solution for an issue with your OS or what have you and some random guy offered a patch that wasn't ready for public release, didn't warn you that it was an unfinished patch not meant for use, and then the patch seriously wrecks your shit? Stop spreading that version around. :/

Except that the latest tekkit does have rubber trees for MFR. MFR also adds stained glass, blocks for roads (that have an option to act like a light source) as well as a ton of decorative blocks in various colors. So I don't know where the whining about lack of plants (which wasn't something IC2 or RP2 excelled at.. oh no rubber trees and a source for blue dye and string). TE adds a nice lighting options that blow anything IC2 or RP2 offered out of the water. Take a look at Glowstone Illuminators. These guys come in four modes: Normal, inverted, scaled, scaled inverted and can be dyed as well.