User blog comment:Funk1983/EE or not to EE/@comment-5416864-20120918123237

The only EE items I use are the condenser, divination rod, alchemy bag, talisman of repair, and black hole ring. In the Nuclear tutorial I made, it uses collectors, but I avoid using those at all costs, and in the world I actually play in, I have a cobblestone generator with 32 block breakers to avoid using collectors. I use the condenser because it keeps a ridiculous amount of stupid junk building up, but still allows said junk to have a purpose (contributing 1/8192th of a diamond, usually.

Other than that, I agree entirely. Collectors, Catalyst gems, rings, DM/RM tools... they're all so absurdly overpowered, there's just not even a point anymore. My fiancee went into the nether with a destruction catalyst and, within minutes, had two alchemy bags full of ores and netherrack, including like 5 stacks of diamonds. I just don't see the point of that - you may as well just switch to creative at that point.