I am not the developer, I'm a developer, I stepped in very late in the game. See Credits for the list of developers.
As to alchemy, this notion comes from the fact that alchemy did not exist in Enderal as a coherent system up until the 2.1.4 update this year. It was a hodgepodge of grandfathered ingredients, unfinished overhauls, ad-hoc edits and Forgotten Stories additions. The alchemy system has been reworked in 2.1.4 and is now generally more potent, see changelog.
As to alchemy, this notion comes from the fact that alchemy did not exist in Enderal as a coherent system up until the 2.1.4 update this year. It was a hodgepodge of grandfathered ingredients, unfinished overhauls, ad-hoc edits and Forgotten Stories additions. The alchemy system has been reworked in 2.1.4 and is now generally more potent, see changelog.