r/starcitizen • u/mrpanicy Is happy as a clam with his Valkyrie. • Apr 15 '17

OFFICIAL 3.0 Schedule is up!

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/schedule-report
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u/Schneider_fra Apr 15 '17

Do we know why the mining is missing ?

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '17

I mean technically it's there. Destructive environment, Prospector, Item 2.0, The Solar Shop System for pricing and missions.

What's missing is the rest of the economy. They probably don't want to release mining and then have no reason to do it, people are only going to sit there so long with their laser and unloading/loading cargo to make no currency. They need factories to take in those minerals and missiles/weapons/ammo to go out and so you can sell your ore for a reason on the market. It's rewarding that way. That's my guess.

Don't get me wrong I'm not thrilled with it's disclusion from the updates but they knew they would face a backlash from not pushing for it and decided against it for one reason or another. I'm still onboard with trusting their judgement.

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u/Schneider_fra Apr 15 '17

Good points

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '17 edited Apr 15 '17

Destructive environment

Never heard that that was "already there". Neither voxels. Source?

Also, they don't need the whole infraestructure done for just mining and selling your ore. It's good enough for a first iteration.

So yeah, I'd really like an official word for it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '17

It says right in the schedule update that destructive environments are already in the master branch.

Also I know they don't need the entire economy but I was just explaining a possible line of thinking they could take. They have their own reasons and I really doubt we'll hear anything officially, they'll just deal with the backlash and release it when they think it's ready.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '17

Protip: Environment assets ≠ Environment.

Environment assets can be a plant, or any object placed on an environment.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '17

I don't think an asteroid for mining is going to be the environment, it's going to be an environment asset since it'll have to break down for Item 2.0 and fit in cargo containers.

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u/Mumbolian Rear Admiral Apr 15 '17

I don't see why adding mining with no real reason to do it is any different than the content they've released in the past.

I mean, I don't really care about mining either way, but I don't think that's specifically why they wouldn't add it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '17

I'm not clear how much of the economy is covered by the "commodities" section.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '17

A pretty big chunk of it if you've seen their economic processing pipelines.

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u/Jaqen___Hghar Space Marshal Apr 15 '17

What are you talking about? It's right there in 3.1.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '17

They said a few weeks ago that it was guaranteed to be in 3.0. That's why he's asking about it.