A nice Aether based modpack with mods that help improve quality of life like Ore Excavation and Tree Growing Simulator. You can explore new dimensions in The Aether as well as The Twilight Forest.

Modlist:

Just Enough Items (JEI) (by mezz)
ConnectedTexturesMod (by tterrag1098)
Mystical Agradditions (by BlakeBr0)
Thermal Dynamics (by TeamCoFH)
Ender Storage 1.8.+ (by covers1624)
Guide-API (by TehNut)
Chameleon (by Texelsaur)
Spartan Weaponry (by ObliviousSpartan)
Storage Drawers (by Texelsaur)
Tesla Core Lib (by face_of_cat)
AppleSkin (by squeek502)
Industrial Foregoing (by Buuz135)
Cucumber Library (by BlakeBr0)
Bonsai Trees 2 (by davenonymous)
GraveStone Mod (by henkelmax)
Waystones (by BlayTheNinth)
Thermal Innovation (by TeamCoFH)
OreLib (by OreCruncher)
Waila Harvestability (by squeek502)
Wawla - What Are We Looking At (by DarkhaxDev)
SimpleHarvest (by TehNut)
Snad (by TheRoBrit)
Extra Utilities (by Forge_User_06804776)
MineColonies (by H3lay)
Thermal Cultivation (by TeamCoFH)
Tinkers' Complement (by KnightMiner)
Flux Networks (by sonar_sonic)
Chisel (by tterrag1098)
Inventory Tweaks [1.12 only] (by JimeoWan)
Mystical Agriculture (by BlakeBr0)
Tinkers Construct (by mDiyo)
Uppers (by vadis365)
Apotheosis (by Shadows_of_Fire)
Patchouli (by Vazkii)
Mantle (by mDiyo)
Minecraft Comes Alive (MCA) (by WildBamaBoy)
JourneyMap (by techbrew)
Doggy Talents (by percivalalb)
Blood Magic (by WayofTime)
Morpheus (by Quetzi)
Refined Storage (by raoulvdberge)
OpenBlocks Elevator (by vsngarcia)
McJtyLib (by McJty)
Neat (by Vazkii)
Chance Cubes (by TurkeyDev)
Construct's Armory (by TheIllusiveC4)
Redstone Flux (by TeamCoFH)
CodeChicken Lib 1.8.+ (by covers1624)
Spartan Shields (by ObliviousSpartan)
NetherPortalFix (by BlayTheNinth)
Forbidden and Arcanus (by cesar_zorak)
Thermal Foundation (by TeamCoFH)
CoFH Core (by TeamCoFH)
Thermal Expansion (by TeamCoFH)
Quark (by Vazkii)
Just Enough Resources (JER) (by way2muchnoise)
Cosmetic Armor Reworked (by LainMI)
CoFH World (by TeamCoFH)
Ore Excavation (by Funwayguy)
The Twilight Forest (by Benimatic)
Comforts (Forge) (by TheIllusiveC4)
Quark Oddities (by Vazkii)
Iron Chests (by ProgWML6)
AutoRegLib (by Vazkii)
Fast Leaf Decay (by olafskiii)
The Aether II (by GildedGames)
Mouse Tweaks (by YaLTeR)
Shadowfacts' Forgelin (by ShadowfactsDev)
Controlling (by Jaredlll08)
Hwyla (by TehNut)
RFTools (by McJty)
Placebo (by Shadows_of_Fire)

Gray Crickets

Apotheosis

AppleSkin

AutoRegLib

Blood Magic

Bonsai Trees 4

Chameleon

Chance Cubes

Chisel

CodeChicken Lib 1.8.+

CoFH Core

CoFH World

Comforts

ConnectedTexturesMod

Construct's Armory

Controlling

Cosmetic Armor Reworked

Cucumber Library

Doggy Talents

Ender Storage 1.8.+

Extra Utilities