Botania is fully playable as a standalone mod (and is designed as such), but it functions just well in conjunction with other mods. The following requires Botania: Manasteel Plated Shield; Terrasteel Strengthened Shield; Elementium Plated Shield; All of the above Shields can be regenerated using Botania Mana. Botania has become my favorite mod for a few reasons: Manasteel gear is great, and very easy to get (I find most other mod's gear to be pretty tedious in comparison) Hopperhocks are fantastic. One of the major aspects of Botania is automation, and, as far as I can tell, there isn't a way to automate the Livingrock Pedestal. If you want the blue juice you gotta go big. Wand Caps [] The vis cost of a Wand or Staff is determined by the material of its Caps. Steel as the Manasteel ingredient is really interesting, but I think I want my magic and tech progression to be more complementary than intertwined. I have figured out how to use a crafter such that I can craft any rune, provided I have the ingredients. [deleted] The Vazkii's head easter egg is useful (in a cheaty way) to get the best possible head for your witchery altar right from the beginning. 12. You do have a point about everything having its own effect though; again. Ah I see, I thought you meant you wanted the mana source to not be in your inventory rather than the shears to not be in your inventory. I can feel it- I don’t have nearly as. In particular, that option all but gates most of Botania behind the Nether (for the Blast Brick ingredients), and I'm thinking Botania's early game should be available pre-Nether. Mana is generated using various plants, and can be used to do many things, such as ward off creepers or even enchant items. BotaniaのGUIを表示するテンプレート。 アイテムの指定方法は{{}}を参照してください。Definitely the best of the botania armors, still among the best modded armor sets - and for most players, the main health buffs came from TiCo (and possibly BM) anyway. •Mushroom Pouch: A Flower Pouch for the Shimmering Mushrooms. The Mana Tablet is an item added by the Botania mod. 2 Vazkii Requirements: Forge. 16. FTB Skies | Manasteel Mesh & Botania | E05 | 1. just keep reading the lexica botania and you sould be good. Type : Block Stackable : Yes (64) Blast Resistance : 30. simple solution to the problem. Within a minute or so, it should "pop" and convert to a block of Livingwood. The Mana-Infuser is an upgrade to the Terrestrial Agglomeration Plate added by MythicBotany. Its basicaly a chest with a crafting pipe setup to make a Mana Rune (I could set up a Chasis Mk5 pipe for the rest of the runes) All materials plus the one living rock are beeing input to the chest by the crafting pipe. This uses a negligible amount of mana. Yes (64) The Terrasteel Ingot is an item added by the Botania mod. It is equippable in the Amulet slot (Head slot in newer versions). The Elementium Shovel is a tool added by the Botania mod. . 2 only. Terra steel also allows you to regen health without hunger. full 7x7 with max growth accelerators of nether star seeds. You have to let it time out before feeding more, I use a timer with 10 sec. Type : Block Stackable : Yes (64) Blast Resistance : 30. Fala ai galera, beleza ?Pessoal no vídeo de hoje mostrei como fazer manasteel um dos minérios mais importantes e interessantes do botânia e também fiz o set. Controversial. net. •Tips & Tricks•-Having a 2 different Lenses and combined with a slime ball will make a combine effect or just will not do anything, also the texture that will have gonna be the one of the first lens seen from left to right or top to bottom!Using Botania+vanilla only is a tinkering experience. Script error: The function "infobox" does not exist. #10. The Manasteel Boots are an armor piece added by Botania. It is notably different from other energy systems such as Redstone Flux, in that it uses no pipes in transport and no hard numbers in its displays. r/feedthebeast. Frontrider on Dec 6, 2014. 6. BOTANIA Chapter 1: Sky of Beginning. . Vilages don't really have much in the way of loot chests so they become fairly poor choices to find loot. (yes there is living rock under the plate) Also *botania sorry ^. The Terrasteel Plate is fed by sparks , so in this case more mana pools + sparks are actually responsible for the speed of mana. 2 & 3- Rings. Botania can be started super early, too, as can most mods even mekanism starts pretty much at the beginning of the pack. 2 only. Put sparks on both, and on the Terrestrial Agglomeration Plate. Put that on the the pool that the flowers are feeding and it will automatically fill the rest. In recent games I don't even bother with stuff like blood magic or. Armor values and tool efficiency are basically the same as for iron or manasteel, it's just a different set of bonuses and somewhat higher durability. Manasteel instantly jumps you up to Supra-diamond level. Copy link Member Darkhax commented May 27, 2020. 2 vs 6 base efficiency. プレイヤーは特殊な花などから"マナ"を生成し集約させることにより、それを用いて様々な便利アイテムや機器を利用できる。. Manasteel Seed (Botania) Elementium Seed (Botania) Terrasteel Seed (Botania) The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: All reactions. Botania & Manasteel Ingot Singularity - Minecraft FTB Stoneblock 3 - Episode 19 - YouTube 0:00 / 19:41 • Intro Botania & Manasteel Ingot Singularity - Minecraft FTB. Further Information. Durpady • 8 yr. 12. for the rest i downloaded this pack and at first it didn't show up in game too. 7. also add new traits and 1 more modifier. so maybe a manasteel shield can only get one of the less powerful traits, but terrasteel can get two traits of any strength. If you go to Erie Island. Elementium has a chance to spawn pixies. its working perfectly and very easy and compact. Botaniaについて. MythicBotany is a mod that expands botania a little bit. If it is, the recipe is working, and you're just waiting on mana gen. I kinda have this "problem" too, and with more than just the Terra armor; I love my terrablade, my damaging/bounce composite Mana blaster, and all the UI-less crafting/automation of botania more than just about any other mods that do comparatively the same thing. Or, in this modpack, you will need to make a Metallurgic Infuser (from Mekanism) to unlock many other things - the Nether, Botania's manasteel, Mystical Agriculture's prosperity ingots, you get the idea. It freezes water in 3 blocks radius around the wearer. More Chickens. A single Band of Aura will take roughly 14 hours on average to fully fill a Mana Tablet (The Band of Aura generates a single point of Mana around. 12. EDIT: Like LycanBlackpaw says: manasteel tinker tools do not regen from mana tablets/rings in 1. It can be used to craft Alfsteel and Terrasteel. Mystical Agriculture information: Name: Mystical Agriculture. The /r/feedthebeast subreddit is not affiliated or associated with the Feed. Mana would transfer faster to the Terrestrial Agglomeration Plate with more sparks on mana pools (IIRC), but isn't strictly necessary. Is Dependent on Version 4. As added by Botania Terrasteel is created via an infusion ritual atop a Terrestrial Agglomeration Plate. Be warned though too much charcoal and the mana spreaders will cause a bottle neck. Manasteel Sword is an weapon added by the Botania mod. We automate the elven portal, the botanical brewery, mana pool craftin. Combine this with the fact that Manasteel tools (made from wood and. Type : Block Stackable : Yes (64) Blast Resistance : 30. BOTANIA Chapter 4: “An Ecstatics Vivace”. 0 Solid : Yes Transparent : No. A simple flower, such as, Entropinnyum generates 6. Mana itself provides a new form of energy with dozens of uses and mechanics from transfiguring iron into manasteel, to powered simple machines. The Manasteel Axe is a tool added by Botania. Still, the questline should do more than slightly darken (hardly visible on my screen) the manasteel mesh quest and make a note of having to have this. you will feel no difference between Efficiency 5 tools of those materials. The Helmet of Revealing is a helmet added by Thaumic Tinkerer. Botania のGUIを表示するテンプレート。. It is an upgraded version of the Manasteel Helmet that is capable of showing Thaumcraft Aura Nodes and essentia stored in various devices. Moar Tinkers. But it doesn’t stop at just making your world a little more fresh. Ring of the Mantle The Ring of the Mantle allows one to mine faster, while equipped and Mana is present in the inventory, it'll give a Haste effect to the wearer. これはドキュメントページです。 このページは メインページ：テンプレート:CustomGrid/Botania へ転記されます。 詳細は Template:Documentation を参照してください。Tinker's Construct Botania tool parts. It's easy to start up, is interesting and varied all the way. Type : Item Stackable : Yes (64) The Mana Pearl is an item added by the Botania mod. Adding botania materials to tetra Feature description note: all botania metals/gems should have mana repairability, no clue on having the sockets give mana repair functionality too but sounds like a good enough bonus. Mana can be inserted into the Mana Pool via a Mana Spreader. 9 hardness: 5. Botania: Garden Of Glass [1. its working perfectly and very easy and compact. Minecraft 1. Without mana, without unbreaking 3, I mined 301 blocks before it broke. Botania does make it possible to completely automate this, and it produces a ton of mana (more than a 14th of a mana pool. The Manasteel Sword is a weapon added by the Botania mod. It has similar properties to the Iron Pickaxe, but instead of taking damage, uses mana from the Player's inventory. Miscellaneous . It is used to power a wide variety of magical blocks and items in Botania in order to progress through the mod. Sash & Pyroclast Pendant. Manasteel Pickaxe •. They. Have any suggestions for mods to support? Please leave a comment and I will look into it. It receives Mana from a burst emitted by a Spreader. 10. 2, 1. 12. Lefts: 1- Tiara/head bauble. 3- Medal. A redstone dynamo is added to convert mechanical power into energy which can be used with any mod that supports forge energy like thermal expansion or immersive engineering. With over 800 million mods downloaded every month and over 11 million active monthly users, we are a growing community of avid gamers, always on the hunt for the next thing in user-generated content. 12. Chickens make everything ridiculously easy, even though it is more nerfed than SB2, at least they don't completely invalidate botania like they used to (Elementium, Manasteel and Terrasteel chickens anyone?). They also have Lexica Botania entries! [1. Looks like I have to get into a couple of the magic mods before I can even make a tablet, so the tinkers tool is the best bet for now regardless. It also has slightly better enchantability and durability. Shape Card +. Either way, in early-game - try a 10 endoflame farm. Magnetism, Pixie Summoning, Better Reach, or something to make a person’s body Flight. . BOTANIA Chapter 6: “Dead and Seek”. Issues. 1 of Chickens mod now. Crafting recipe. The AIOTs combine almost every aspect of every normal manasteel/elementium tool. Really simple Idea: Daybloom + Manasteel Helmet; Your mana tablets will slowly fill when its daytime when worn (like enderio, ic2 solar helmets). 2 Skyblock ModpackWe start a brand new modpack called FTB Skies from the Feed The Beast team! SFTB Skies is. Elementium is the same. so it's cheaper to open it briefly, toss in the book, then 2+ stacks of manasteel, 2+ stacks of living. Jul 23, 2015. This block stores Mana from generating flowers and supplies it to nearby Mana consuming flowers and any adjacent Mana Spreaders. Each is special on occasions, and some could be upgradable. It does not require mana to do this. Shift right-clicking the Runic Altar with an. Tier 4 - 500k+ Mana a Minute:Botania equipment can be repaired with mana. Botania is a mod all about flowers, but not in the traditional sense. Applied Energistics 2 - Nether and Certus Quartz Pickaxes. If you don't see something in there yet, its because you need the level 2 lexica botania to see it, and thats a good bit away. It is used to create the Portal to Alfheim and all of the top tier Botania equipment. Terrasteel transformation is not working. Starry Idol armor feels like an uninspired and pointless upgrade from Manasteel/Manaweave armor. TIP: -Range of 3x3x3 (The removed) and 5x5x5 (The addon one). It takes 1 Terrasteel (half a pool, plus a good slice to pay for the. このテンプレートは CustomGrid を使用しています. If the Pool has lost Mana, the. That'll have all the latest updates to it, including the latest/semi-latest Botania. Alfheim is really helpful for unlocking some helpful tech, so once I have manasteel tools, getting that portal open is a priority. This metal is made from one each of Manasteel Ingot, Mana Pearl, and Mana Diamond. The inventory has a preview, my guess is pressing F5 would also cause a crash. Omega POG +. First build the Mana Enchanter according to the instructions in the Lexica, second hook it up to your Mana Generation system, third right click the item you want enchanted onto the center block, fourth drop the books with enchantments you want on the item, fifth hit the center block with a Wand of the Forest. from Botania isn't work either. If you are going to focus in botania, here's so e general things to try As stated, a mana Flux field plus an energy cell from the supplier is your best bet for power. Functional Flowers give a number of quality of life improvements when paired with Mana. Manasteel, for example. This is an in game guide to botania, and has all the information you should need. Tier 4 - 500k+ Mana a Minute: Technically both manasteel and elementium have a higher tool efficiency, but that's just 6. Crafted using the Flower Pouch recipie. Band of Aura. 2 only. Given your Botania version, it's probably easier to make thaumcraft golems to collect wood that you turn to charcoal (via exoflames) and send to endoflames (quite a few!), or skip ahead and have a chicken or melon farm feed an gourymalis. Mystical Agriculture - Inferium Pickaxe . The Elementium Axe is a tool added by Botania. No. Or a munchdew near a tree farm. Regrowth : r/feedthebeast. Tier 1 - less than 150k mana per Minute: Able to make full terra steel Armor. Here is a rough breakdown of each of the Tier goals: Tier 1: PMMO: Reach high enough levels to place the town hall (which are lowered to 5 vs 15) Botania: obtain manasteel (add manasteel to recipe for starting camp) Minecolonies: Build the Townhall M&A: Complete LvL 1 objectives (gate behind mincolonies completion) Tier 2: PMMO: reach 25 in a. 5] - Ep3: Manasteel & Infinite DirtIn this episode of Botania: Garden Of Glass I task myself with crafting the rod of the land. 12. . It is a magic mod commonly described as Magitek despite its core focus: magic from flowers, sometimes known as botanurgy or botanism. BOTANIA Chapter 6: “Dead and Seek”. マルチブロック設備である【Portal to Alfheim】を設置します。 ①. Or put a narslimmus in a slime chunk. Crafting recipe: Crafting and texture. Tier 3 - 400k+ Mana a Minute: Always have a Loonium Flower on non-enchanted soil. Step one: Make yourself a Lexica Botania, by combining any sapling with a book. 2 version of minecraft. To do this, the Orechid must be bound to a nearby Mana Pool and will consume a large amount of mana per operation. As added by Botania Elementium Ingots are created by throwing 2 Manasteel Ingots into a Portal to Alfheim. r/allthemods. The time depends on how many nearby pools you have with sparks (more pools = faster. Drop a piece of iron, an ender pearl, and a diamond into a mana pool with mana in it, to make a manasteel, mana pearl, and mana-diamond. With the help of this guide and the Lexica Botania you are ready to start a new magical adventure on your Apex server. Amethyst = "Beyond Diamond", 100 extra durability and better damage resistance Redstone Arsenal I can't get the wiki page to load so I'm not sure how this performs. the recipe needs manasteel, not mana powder. Blood Magic: Living and Sentient helmets. also the hydrangeas can be scaled up very easily and is cheap, so like while it is slow, you can viably spam them. I made two before going into Manasteel, it wasn't the best, but it was enough to give me an ingot or two per block of coal. As added by Flaxbeard's Steam Power Flaxbeard's Steam Power only adds the plate variation of the Elementium material. Botania is a unique tech mod that uses mana and flowers to generate energy and build new machines. Terrasteel Nugget and Wand Caps A Material added if Botania is installed. (The Efficiency enchantment adds 1+lvl² to that, i. Manasteel Shovel. Botania. First Appearance. The manaweave robes is a set of armor that provides as much protection as leather armor, but it repairs itself with mana from the player’s inventory and provides a 35% discount on all rods and mana-using tools whilst one wears the full set. Botania is a magic tech mod based on nature. 12. How do you make glimmering Livingwood? Livingwood is a block added by the Botania mod. To upgrade from one rank to another, the tool must be dropped. いわゆる"工業化MOD"と双璧をなす"魔術MOD"の一つで、他より一風変わったシステムの魔術系MOD。. Registry name. The Manasteel Sword is a weapon added by the Botania mod. Shut jumps into Botania to get a little amount of mana to get Manasteel. Since its worn by the character, the daybloom on the helmet will generate faster than a normal daybloom. r/feedthebeast. Manasteel Pickaxe is a tool item added by the Botania mod. It is a good idea to delete your old config files when you update (As long as you have not edited the configs your self). The Manasteel Pickaxe is a tool added by the Botania mod. But Botania is a very good early game magic mod, very simple to get some stuff going and you can make an infinte durability pick using the manasteel pick and a mana tablet as long as its. Hopperhock is a cheap item pickup, through walls, wide. Mod. And yet, we can combine the Elementium Pickaxe and Terra Shatterer. Bauble type (2):-Referring to the columns with the letter A, each slot is unique! Using as reference by view from right-down and left-down I will explain what baubles will go on it. 10 votes, 23 comments. 2 only. BotaniaのGUIを表示するテンプレート。 アイテムの指定方法は{{}}を参照してください。Item. Type: Agriculture. It uses Mana from Mana Tablet or any other Mana providing item in the player's inventory to prevent item damage or repair itself, using 60 Mana per point of durability. Botania tools can also be enchanted normally with books in Anvil, enchanting tables etc. The following requires Botania: Manasteel Plated Shield; Terrasteel Strengthened Shield; Elementium Plated Shield; All of the above Shields can be regenerated using Botania Mana. Bubbell. 12. Band of Mana. For those who are not familiar with Mystical Agriculture, it is known as a complete rewrite of Magical Crops mod. Botania is one of those mods where there's a ton of cool stuff to play with to the point where you can automate almost anything with it, but a lot of mods do things easier/more efficiently/cheaper so it tends to take a back seat. Then it's 289 days to fill a tablet. Hey, Botania devs. Botania Automation. From the reading i've done on it, it completely trivializes the whole point of finding and farming nodes, because its way easier to set up a simple mana farm and just use a living wood wand with manasteel caps to just generate all the aspects you would need for crafting and. In the same vein as flowers, you will always have more supplies, so you'll want to start by collecting a lot of wood and stone. 2- Body bauble/ Cloaker. The Elementium Pickaxe is a tool added by the Botania mod. start the craft. Mana Infused (Tools & Armor) Terra (Armor) - Having a set of armor where all armor cores are made from Terrasteel gives a passive health regen just like the normal Botania Terrasteel set of armor. The Band of Aura is an accessory added by the Botania mod. Botania has become my favorite mod for a few reasons: Manasteel gear is great, and very easy to get (I find most other mod's gear to be pretty tedious in comparison) Hopperhocks are fantastic. Manasteel is a basic resource added by Botania, made out of Iron and Mana . Botania, Ch 11: ~•>Baubles, Trinkets, and even called Curios. Without mana, with. Mana Tablet. Manasteel tools. They also have Lexica Botania entries! [1. minecraft:piglin_loved. Making terrasteel needs a fair bit of mana - if your manadispreaders are too slow then the items might despawn before it got enough mana. 16 and go over how to get started with the mod and how to set up some early game mana generation using the endoflame!==. 4 knockback resistance. Controversial. Mana Repair: Use mana from mana tablet to repair items. Botania - A Comprehensive Guide By MinecraftGuides. To create a rune, certain items must be placed onto the altar (in any order), by either right-clicking the altar with them or throwing onto the altar. Picking up any of the items will halt the infusion, causing severe Mana Loss (all mana transferred to the plate is lost). 18. The placed items will be shown orbiting above the altar. With over 800 million mods downloaded every month and over 11 million active monthly users, we are a growing community of avid gamers, always on the hunt for the next thing in user-generated content. It is an upgraded version of the Manasteel Helmet that is capable of showing Thaumcraft Aura Nodes and essentia stored in various devices. 15-382 Minecraft 1. 2 only. A simple flower, such as, Entropinnyum generates 6. Adds Manasteel to smeltery; Manasteel parts add "Mana" modifier * " Mana" modifer allows tools to repair with any mana generating inventory item (60 mana cost) Adds Livingwood as tool part material * "Livingwood" modifier reduces material repair costs by 75%. sorry, but i think the above isn't that true. -By accidental you might right-click the hovering Hourglass and the sand blocks will drop out. ManaSteel chickens were dropping wrong item. They also have Lexica Botania entries! [1. Expected Behaviour Tetra pickaxes to have the same harvest level as their non-tetra equivalents. A tag already exists with the provided branch name. Botania is a Minecraft Game Mod based upon the Forge API, made by the Portuguese modder Vasco "Vazkii" Lavos. Nor is a dominant augment on the Plate's spark - which is. It can be found in a Stronghold Corridor chest (2. 16Support Us on Patreon - our Discord - 4 You Can Never Have Enough. Right clicking on dirt with the tool will plant a sapling from the player's inventory. Botania - Manasteel, Worldbreaker and Elementium Pickaxes. I don't like botania so I haven't been able to automate the manasteel and polonium is kinda a pain, I've been able to automate the other reasonably simple tho although I did have to use also of watch of flowing times which doesn't help with world speed even in singleplayer. STARTING BOTANIA & MANASTEEL ARMOUR! SkyColonies EP6 | Modded Minecraft 1. If I were to guess, it's probably diamond with better damage resistance. It has 500 points of durability, 2 () armor points and a 5% Vis Discount when using the Arcane Worktable . Botania is considered an unique mod in the Minecraft modding community due to its unique. This started with Botania and wanting to have the ability to use mana generating inventory items to automatically repair tools. The Manasteel Leggings are an armor piece added by Botania. Open your player data file with NBT Explorer and delete the boots. If botania is installed, a flower is added that turns mana into. Botania. It takes 1000 pulses to fill one with a normal mana spreader. Botania: Manasteel Armor (Think iron armor that never takes damage as long as you have a mana tablet/band of mana with mana), Sojourner's sash (boots of the traveller, in the belt slot, I think they might stack. Its only use is crafting Terrasteel. Thaumium can be used to make tool parts adding an extra modifier, so why can't manasteel? I'd like to see someone make an addon or something to allow for manasteel tool parts and the use of timeless ivy as a tool modifier. The Vitreous Pickaxe is a tool added by Botania. It has similar properties to the Iron Sword, but instead of taking damage, uses mana from the Player's inventory. 2 only. (I usually shoot for a stack or 2 of manasteel, a stack of living wood, a dozen mana diamonds, as many mana pearls as I can spare (but at. xando99x • 9 yr. 2 Mystical Agriculture 2 Usage Recipe 3,000 Mana [ Expand] [ Expand] Shapeless Feed The Beast Infinity Evolved Expert Mode 850 Mana Mystical Agriculture [ Expand] The Manasteel Chestplate is an armor piece added by Botania. Not uber powerful, but nonetheless my favorite item from botania and one often use well beyond when I "should". 2 adds new Tinkers tools and integration of Tinkers Construct with some other mods, and adds some materials of its own as well the mod is made to add more option of materials for your tinkers. 5k mana by consuming 1 TNT. Use crops to grow essences used to make materials, mob drops, tools, armor and possibly even more! 1. They also have Lexica Botania entries! [1. You can set it to try to pull all of the enchants off or just one then let the item go. Type : Block Stackable : Yes (64) Blast Resistance : 30. Thermalillies convert lava to mana, in a burst once every five minutes. The current state of things is that botania shears will give you drops with tall. Botania now requires Garden of Glass 1. 19 19 comments Best Add a Comment FizzBuzz3000 • Dirty Stick • 2 yr. It uses Mana from Mana Tablet or any other Mana providing item in the player's inventory to prevent item damage or repair itself, using 60 Mana per point of durability. It does not require mana to function, though its range can be increased by providing it with mana. If I were to guess, it's probably diamond with better damage resistance. If they are fitted with Manasteel or Elementium Caps, that rate is reduced to 900 Mana per vis. When placed next to a Mana Pool it will show whether the pool is gaining or losing Mana over time, removing the need to repeatedly check a Mana Pool with a Wand of the Forest. This entire concept has worked out well, and the idea moving forward is balanced integration. Today’s chapter on Botania is all Cosmetics and Trinkets. BOTANIA Chapter 7: “Magical Rods”. As added by Flaxbeard's Steam Power Flaxbeard's Steam Power only adds the plate variation of the Elementium material. Unbreaking makes the armor or tool not take damage. 6 also Livingwood and Livingrock tools are included. Past that it's pretty useless IMO. Terrasteel also has the extra benefit of the will upgrades. It's written in the book. 10B. Botania: manasteel. 3%). A simple solution for you is to run a. No. It is just Manasteel Helmet with Goggles of Revealing. The pickaxe, if. He then gets Manasteel and looks at what the future will hold for this playthrough. Chain your spreaders so that you have at least two mana pools full. 19. Tag. FTB Skies E08 - Manasteel Mesh - Today we're looking at progressing our sifting technology and in order to go to the next tier Botania must be started! We'll. When the Manasteel turns into Shroomite BarsGo to botania r/botania •. 2 flex: 3. Creator: BlakeBr0. There are two types of flora (besides the Pure Daisy and Mystical Flowers): functional and generating. The main concept is to create magical flowers and devices utilizing the power of the earth, in the form of Mana. From there they are exctracted by a Servo (which has a blacklist for all the. That said as well, botania is pretty well designed, in that while it resists min/maxing, it's also pretty good about not needing min/maxing for most functional builds. Join.