That's exactly how I felt.

I think the mods take a lot away from the game. When I first started playing on Thursday, I was still way over there where we had explored. I started messing about making new caves and finding diamonds, and I accidentally blew myself up.

I spawned in a random place behind my castle, and wanted to make my way back to that area up north. So I headed to the castle, and started stocking up on my inventory. Almost died 2 times just heading back there, and trying to find the right spot. Now I've spent like 2 days just building a place there, making it safe, and finding my way around. It's a lot of fun.