I really liked it, but I started to get overwhelmed by the complexity of some of the space science. Now I don't know that I could get back into my existing save without spending hours trying to figure out wtf was going on, and the thought of going through all the early game again without changing something is also not super appealing.
I have been considering a K2/SE run, since I think that will change it enough to make it a bit fresher, and I've heard that despite K2 extending the early game, it makes some of the later SE things a bit more manageable. Can't remember the details of how, though. Was from a reddit post a year or so ago.
Heh, you're probably right. I've gotten back into my exotic industries run for now, so I'll put SE plans back on hold.
Apparently K2 mixes well with 248k, so that might be an option for more complexity without the extreme space science grind or multi surface complexity of SE.
Edit: Apparently exotic industries is the sort of spiritual successor to 248k, but with more good stuff, even made by the same author(s). So I'll definitely go back to progressing with that mod. I'm in the electricity age, so it should really ramping up complexity soon.