Eh? He said and emphasized "If" implying it's not certain that metal maps will be included in PA. How did you interpret what he said?
No, that means that it's not certain that metal planet will behave the same way than in total annihilation. If that work in similar manner to TA's Metal Maps. The last part of the sentence cannot be removed without changing the meaning. Neutrino already hinted as metal map being battle station like a death star. It will not be necessary a $$$ map.
Exactly! If you look at the wording on the Kickstarter again; While it is possible it could work like a TA Metal-Map, to be frank, it seems like that would be the superior choice every time, why destroy planets one at a time when you could build enough extractors to make multiple KEWs at a time? It really does come down to exactly what is meant by 'recycle' but as usual everything is subject to change right up until the game isn't being supported anymore, so we need to just wait and see. Mike