However, I'm very well versed in both Battletech tabletop and the novels. One of the technologies employed in a Battlemech cockpit is... what was it called... Polarization? Essentially, the canopy darkens itself to prevent the Mechwarrior inside from being blinded by bright lights; namely, from PPC and Laser blasts.This is above and beyond the Battlemech canopy not being made of any kind of glass, but instead, a transparent Battlemech armor. A blinding flare wouldn't really affect the Mechwarrior inside. Not for a length of time you'd expect. Maybe the short time that the flare was going, and only in the area it were burning.
Flares, however, would be an AWESOME idea for night fighting. If maps are sufficiently darkened (I used to find that in MW4, it was better to turn the headlights OFF, because night combat wasn't really all that dark, and the headlight only made it harder to see ahead of you.) then it would be indispensable.
Edited by ice trey, 17 January 2012 - 02:08 PM.