Weird, one of the devs in the SA thread said it would definitely support modding because modding kept games like that alive.
He pointed that out and they said that they are already aware of that. Here's the video where the modding question is asked. It's answered at 8:30.
Actually looking forward to this even though it has less of an emphasis on creativity. Minecraft is a great game, but additional items and thus content is slow in coming out.
But the next patch is going to have MAPS(And only maps, thats what the next few months of minecraft programming will be)
Yea I like how the "achievements" are. Maps will be nice though. Something a full game needs atleast.
Ya I agree maps are very very needed. Especially if you set up your initial house away from the spawn point and dont have a good memory.