I was also tempted to try Meshcore. I settled on skipping it for two main reasons. While it seems to solve some of the potential weaknesses found in Meshtastic, it isn't popular or even known in my area. It also doesn't differentiate itself enough from Meshtastic. Reticulum, with caching, routing, and the ability to use basically any type of wired or wireless network and make them interoperable doesn't have the same limitations. It has different ones currently, but Reticulum looks like a solid base to build something from.