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[Hanzoku]

Not that I know of. Pitch Black means that moving on level ground costs 4MP per hex. Trying to change elevation basically becomes impossible for a 3/5 assault. For a 4/6 heavy, you can move one hex per turn. Maybe.

Unless you have jump jets! Then you can jump without issues.

[Fishbreath]

Messing around in Megamek just now in identical, I find that it's possible to move around a pair of Atlases, but only just. Moving one hex forward takes four movement points; moving one hex forward up one level of elevation takes five. There's also a +7 modifier to difficulty between 'pitch dark' and 'tornado'.

[Kanil]

Testing it myself, you can move as normal in pitch black using the Reckless movement command, at the penalty of having to make a PSR (and having to click Reckless, which is shuffled off on like the third movement menu.)

There's also a +7 modifier to difficulty between 'pitch dark' and 'tornado'.

... this does mean making PSRs is pretty undesirable though.

Still, treacherous conditions favor superior pilots, and we have some top notch folks, so it's probably to our advantage... but very tedious for the actual player.

[Fishbreath]

Those are the modifiers for attacks. I didn't think to try Reckless.

[Kanil]

It's not gonna be much better. Also I don't know how the tornado impacts movement, since I just happened to have a mission with pitch black that I tested on.

I think you should be able to just slowly crawl up to the enemy 'mechs, shoot 'em (or push 'em) until they fall over, and win by virtue of them being unable to stand back up... ... and net a lot of salvage in the process.

If that's too tedious and/or gamey for you, then certainly postpone the attack.

[GraalOtonami]

They can move 1 hex a turn. Jumpjets are something to avoid in a hurricane

[Rince Wind]

You could try with the option to allow normal movement in darkness. Otherwise I would delay, because playing it is just tedious.

[Hanzoku]

I suggest using that option for your own sanity, the gunnery penalties are enough on their own withoutnthe frustration of movement in it as well.

[Hasek10]

IIRC missile weapons are also inoperable in tornado conditions, so plan accordingly.

[Rince Wind]

During a Tornado I think even ACs don't work.

[Mephansteras]

Sounds like it'd be tactically good for us but nasty for the player. I'm fine with delaying.

Seems a bit odd that Drake doesn't get more kills, but then I suppose you use him more to cripple enemies and move on then worry about getting killshots with him. Which makes sense.

[Fishbreath]

I have no idea why it's distributed like it is, truthfully; whenever there are a bunch of people shooting at an enemy, it seems like Rook gets the kill.

Drake does do a lot of shifting to targets further away and leaving the rest of the company to clean up, which makes sense to me given his superb effectiveness at long range.

[Mephansteras]

Yeah, having him focus on an already crippled enemy is a bit of a waste of the Awesome's firepower. It's just funny that the guy with the best stats in the best mech isn't at the top of the killboard.

I take it as him being a good leader and not hogging all the glory for himself. 

[Knave]

In Reserve Lance, Wizard is the most talented pilot but Teddy Bear is the senior Bastard; he gets a promotion to Corporal and leadership of the lance.

Ooo I almost missed Teddy Bear's promotion - Will try not to get everyone killed, despite riding in perhaps one of the lightest mechs in the company
Think we could use a new name though. Reserve lance isn't punchy enough!

[Hanzoku]

Yuksel suggests calling it the Solahma Lance, but he's been a bit morose ever since his Locust got shot to pieces.