[Suggestion] IC2 Shafts as expensive material

[HadesRayne]

In some versions of IC2 and related versions of GregTech, there were Iron and Steel Shafts as items, obtained through extruding a Block of Iron and Steel respectively.

I was thinking that Shafts of various materials could be a great addition to GTCE as an expensive, slow-to-process material, similar to Dense Plates, to use with / instead of Long Rods for high-tier Assembly Line recipes, by example.

I personally think keeping the basic recipe of Extruding a block identical, but expanding it to more materials using GTCE's architecture, is the best option.

[warjort]

In general I don't think it is a good idea to add items to base GTCE just on the off-chance they might be used in a modpack.

But you can do it yourself by writing an addon mod.

Or you can use a helper mod like:
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/devtech
example configs: https://github.com/idcppl/DevTech/tree/master/examples/

Or for simpler items than GTCE's metaitems:
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/contenttweaker

Recipes can be added/changed using crafttweaker:
https://docs.blamejared.com/1.12/en/Mods/GregTechCE/Machines

And you can even define your own multiblocks:
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/multiblocktweaker