It's bearable to stick to quantum suit and go without any fantastic equipment.
It's bearable to use plain chests for item storage. Gregtech items don't take much space after all.
It's bearable to use Gregtech pipes for transportation, given their capabilities to use covers.
But you told me that I have NO ways of autocrafting, and I should stack those crappy pipes for fluid storage, and I should spend years on grinding wither skeletons to craft some field generators?