I had been working on a Custom FG modpack, that would be able to be downloaded inside AT Launcher or FTB or Tekkit.
I created a server locally at home and have it all finished and ready to be uploaded once approval was given. Thats partially why.
Also, it is pretty easy to grab a Zip file, extract to a location, and start playing, as opposed to someone having to check a list and disable 70+ mods.
The reason for so many, is because we were trying to make it as small as possible so that some of the forum folks that don't have beefy PC's could still play and have fun. We were going bare minimum # of mods. Telling people to grab Direwolf, and then Disable this huge list is sorta silly. Especially when you have to consider some folks are not as technically inclined as some of us.