Ever the doomsayer, eh Kane?I fully admit, though, that IC2's recent 'direction' has left me with a sour taste in my mouth. I don't enjoy IC2 at all, any more. Gave ic2-experimental a chance on Forgecraft3 but it's simply proven it to be the case. Couple that with the continuous updates that just seemed to break shit even more (not to mention the GT-ish direction bias towards unnecessary complexity) and it became an actual hassle to keep updated, never mind a chore to play.
That said: being bitched at to keep up with a non-stable branch of code just annoys me more (the volume of PMs and such isn't trivial) - it's called an "experimental" branch for a reason, guys. This addon isn't dead; I've just been awaiting a more stable branch (by my opinion, not anyone else's). That and the new features that were going to appear related to BuildCraft died before they got completed due to ridiculous changes in the BC API. >:[
There will be more updates - I just haven't had the enthusiasm or the will to keep it on the bleeding-edge of experimental updates (and badgering me doesn't help).
so no exp updates in the near future ? 
i love that mod and its 1 of 2 hard missing mods on my 1.6.2 server ...