I always thought steel was made with railcraft blast furnaces, which are a pain in the arse to make because they need materials from the nether, which to get there u need diamonds. I thought this stuff was supposed to help u early on.
I think the adaptation of buildcraft quaries to accept UE would be nice, then we could save our coke coal on steal rather than tunnel bores. However, I wouldnt complain if they left out buildcraft pipes. Oh and an updated Wiki on how to start off would be nice.