We've been looking at switching to tekkit lite and so far the majority of our players are passionately not interested. A fresh start is a real chore on it's own, no EE to speak and the lack of natural diamonds to go around is proving an impossible sell.
@Talonos : If you have any success with this can you update ?
@Jelato : For a player coming from a sever with a 3 month time investment to a blank slate, a few higher value items is small compensation.