had fun, but it waned quickly. for an adventuring modpack it lacks suitable rewards for your adventures. which leaves you to adventure for the sake of adventuring. denying myself features only slows down the process. such as no chocobos, no disenchanting, no enchanting, no rapier, no hookshoots, no cloud boots, no digging into dungeons. a lot of stuff is definitely not worthwhile, or has niche usage. to date the most challenging foe was an orange infernal tower golem with sticky that somehow ate my weapons and never gave them back. no flying is pretty much key, as it trivializes everything in twilight forest and battle towers.
also the whole breeding system for a slightly faster chocobo doesn't make up for the ease and defensive capabilities of a purple chocobo.