Is there any way to turn down the noise wind and rain make? It's literally twice as loud as the rest of Minecraft combined.
Not sure, but you could try messing with the sound settings in Minecraft itself. It could also be MAtmos. See if there's any settings with that.
Thinking of getting into this. I've pretty much played nothing but vanilla Minecraft until now, and most of the land/food is probably taken, so is it still worth it or should I just pass on to other things?
Land: There's plenty available near spawn for building.
Food: Good luck finding cows, pigs, and chickens near spawn, but there's tons of bread for sale at the server shop near spawn. You start with $100 when you join the server, and bread is about $4.35 right now. It's also not too difficult to set up a wheat farm or an animal farm.
What you should be more concerned with is underground resources. Tekkit users use resources like crazy, and can mine it much more easily with quarries, lasers, and the like. Therefore, you should mine far enough away from others. People usually make large structures you can see from the minimap or from the ground (that said, I don't have a big building, but I'm at a village). Just keep that in mind, and you'll be fine.
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