Peronally I'd prefer the crit-seeking thing to be scrapped entirely and simply buff the mg's base damage (and make flamers generate more heat on the target than the mech firing them) but since neither of these seem likely to happen - just do something, anything, to make them worth using.
thread neccesary? not really, but if the devs state they're only looking for trends on forums, I'll do my bit.
edit - great idea from bagheera, crits damaging actuators & gyros etc, and affecting movement/aiming would make the crit seekers very appealing. As it stands now, you can really only take out weapons or ammo (which usually doesn't explode), most other locations contain nothing that is affected by crits.
For a really good example of how well component damage impairing movement can work, check out War Thunder..
Edited by Fishbulb333, 13 April 2013 - 08:28 AM.