Elite Dangerous

Elite Dangerous

CorruptedEgg Jul 18, 2020 @ 3:55pm
Abrasion blaster does not work on crack asteroid deposits
I just started mining. I found asteroid, cracked it and collected the minerals but when I started shoting the suface deposits with abrasion blaster nothing happened and yes I was shoting on the deposits. on normal asteroids it works just fine but on the pieces of asteroids after I cracked it does not. I dont know if I am doing somethig wrong. so I ask for hepl. I tryed it on multiple asteroids in a case if it was a just bug but I had always the same result.
Originally posted by Dolphin Bottlenose:
Don't do any mining on the asteroid before you crack it. Then you should be able to blast pieces off.
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Timbo_Tronic Jul 18, 2020 @ 4:08pm 
it's a known bug after this last patch ! When will they fix it.who knows ??
Terat_York Jul 18, 2020 @ 4:13pm 
proof that the devs do NOT test their game.
This is a bug. Some players reported that it will work if you crack the asteroid first, without doing any laser mining on it before cracking.
Last edited by Dolphin Bottlenose; Jul 18, 2020 @ 5:14pm
jamespfp (Banned) Jul 18, 2020 @ 6:32pm 
Hm! I found a VO core in a Tritium hotspot, so I took the subsurface deposits first.... but I actually think the bug has something to do with Turreted v. Normal abrasion blasters. Anyone tried testing that yet?
CorruptedEgg Jul 19, 2020 @ 4:04am 
I am going to try it. thx for advises
Zhitzu Jul 19, 2020 @ 4:23am 
I was able to shoot 'some' of the surface deposits, but 80% of them were invulnerable
CorruptedEgg Jul 19, 2020 @ 4:48am 
ok I am using type 9 Heavy
I have all the equipment for mining and I have both abrasion blasters (turret and fixed)
I did my usual. I found asteroid sended a pros. limpet. deployed two collector limpets. mined the asteroid with mining laser then mined the surface and sub-surface deposits and then I blown up the asteroid. not a single blaster works for me. now I am going to try not mining it first
CorruptedEgg Jul 19, 2020 @ 5:07am 
now I blown up asteroind without mining anything not the asteroid not the suface and sub-surface deposits and now it works.
Originally posted by CorruptedEgg:
now I blown up asteroind without mining anything not the asteroid not the suface and sub-surface deposits and now it works.
Thank you for the confirmation! It may help other pilots, while they are fixing it.
CorruptedEgg Jul 19, 2020 @ 5:33am 
my nother test was minig the deposites then detonate without mining the asteroid with minig laser. this does not work either
CorruptedEgg Jul 19, 2020 @ 6:05am 
so bad news is you have to deside if you want the deposites inside or outside the asteroid. and you can not even mine it with mining laser. if you want the deposites inside then you can not mine anything else and I mean really anything. this is how it works for me. (tested)

if anything changes pls post it here so everyone can see the devs solved the problem.
Sixshots Jul 20, 2020 @ 3:32pm 
Cracking Asteroids is still buggy
So when I crack asteroids up, the deposits are not mineable with the blaster. STILL SINCE PATCH. PLS FIX IT OR ATLEAST FOR ME!
Alrok Jul 20, 2020 @ 4:44pm 
Asteroid Cracked Deposits bug??
So, since patch the surface deposits after cracking asteroids up seems to be buggy. they are not mineable for me. it does not matter how often i shoot them with the blaster nothing happens. but only the ones that appear after exploding an asteroid. does anyoneelse expirience this? and is there a solution?
necromungerx Jul 20, 2020 @ 7:42pm 
So if use a mining laser on the surface at any time. When you blow the core, you can't mine anything you find inside?
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Date Posted: Jul 18, 2020 @ 3:55pm
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