I'd be very surprised if that was the case, after how thorough they've been with testing everything else (and the amount of bugs they've fixed) I'm sure they know better than to assume "nothing can go wrong with mining". I'm hoping it'll be in beta 3 but I guess we'll have to wait and see.It was a big thing as far as game plan so I suspect it would be fairly easy to implement. Can't see it needing much testing so may be held till release.
I'd be very surprised if that was the case, after how thorough they've been with testing everything else (and the amount of bugs they've fixed) I'm sure they know better than to assume "nothing can go wrong with mining". I'm hoping it'll be in beta 3 but I guess we'll have to wait and see.
I'm not saying they couldn't keep mining back until release, I'm just saying that given how they've run the beta so far that it seems unlikely. After all, what might work perfectly on all their in-house systems might break with certain sets of drivers or something and really, why would they hold back mining of all things? Some sort of unique event that they don't want to spoil, sure, hold that back - but shooting rocks and picking up the bits?Well, they don't actually need the public to test everything, if it tested as expected in-house they very likely would put changes in that for a post release patch, but the actual function just may not need testing.
I thought it was slated for part of the core game, with the post release stuff being proper expansions like landing on planets, walking in stations, etc. I could be wrong though.Well given that a million monkeys banging on keyboards can find bugs that no well armed small QA team could, I would wager that they would want to test it before they go live.
However, it might be something the release down the road after release.
I also suspect the current problems with lack of commodities for trading is because of a lack of raw materials going to the refineries and onwards. It makes sense, and anyone who played the X series of games (before rebirth) knows that Energy Cells were one of the main resources of the games without which stations could not replenish their own stocks.
Given the depth that has gone into the rest of the game I doubt the manufacturing economies in Elite are some simple, cheap, model.
Yes finally...
Looks like it just drops canisters as you mine it and you gotta scoop it using an extraction module. From what I could see from the radar but its just your usual beam type laser. Nothing fancy.
"On the 28th of October, you will have the capability to mine them for profit. You will need two items to do this – a mining laser and an extraction module. After scanning for possible profitable content, you will set to work on your ‘claim’ with the laser."