Broadcast On/Off Pointless?

[PyroMancer]

What is the point of the Broadcast On/Off feature? As far as I can tell it is the exact same as turning the block off. The Antenna no longer relays other antenna or beacon positions and it does not broadcast it’s own position. That is the exact same thing that happens when you turn it off. Thus the feature seems pointless.

[4onen]

Turning broadcast off still allows it to recieve, think stealth mode.
It just can't reach out and control.

[PyroMancer]

Originally posted by 4onen:

Turning broadcast off still allows it to recieve, think stealth mode.
It just can't reach out and control.

You can already recieve though. You don't need antennas to detect other antennas. They work just like beacons do, they only additional feature they had was acting as relays so if the antenna picks up something and your in range of the antenna it would also show that item on your display.

There is NO "stealth" mode. That's one of the things people, including myself, have been complaining about as if you want to go in stealth you just don't build beacons or antennas since all they do is give away your position.

On public servers never build active beasons or antennas unless you want to get griefed. On Private servers they are handy for making the location of stations and ships, as well as playing around with the new remote control features.

[4onen]

Broadcast mode broadcasts your position, hence the name.
If you disable that, then your antenna ceases its broadcast, and instead listens for others. Ships in listening mode specifically won't broadcast that beacon-like marker, but they're still able to see other antennas in their range.
On public servers, this makes antennas MORE of a greifing tool, because now you can detect other antennas without being picked up yourself.
On private servers, it doesn't change much.

It's not pointless, because it is a stealth mode.

EDIT: Just realized how right you are, for a ship it is pointless. For a player though, it allows you to fly around without being spotted by other antennas.

[STORM]

Of course it is pointless when you're playing alone. The feature is for multi-player.

[Random Players]

Not counting flying around in just your spacesuit, the main 'point' is that it's a keyboard shortcut I believe. For ships, no need to waste a valuable toolbar slot on turning power on and off.

[Rex]

I was under the accumption that if the antenna needs to be on to recieve other antenna signals, is this not true? It might be because of the player with his/her built in antenna, which would be an overlooked flaw in an otherwise brilliant design.

[4onen]

Originally posted by Rex Draco:

I was under the accumption that if the antenna needs to be on to recieve other antenna signals, is this not true? It might be because of the player with his/her built in antenna, which would be an overlooked flaw in an otherwise brilliant design.

The player does have an inbuilt antenna, and it does need to be "on" to recieve. However, this new keyboard shortcut adds a "recieve only" mode. That's it.