Johannes Falkner, on 28 April 2012 - 09:08 PM, said:
Should you be informed when you score a critical hit?
Not necessarily, only units equipped with the correct Scout modules should be able to get critical damage read-outs. However, you should be able to see visible damage, provided you are close enough and/or have high enough zoom resolution from modules.
Johannes Falkner, on 28 April 2012 - 09:08 PM, said:
(If you answered Yes above) Should you be informed what critical was scored?
If you have the correct modules equipped, or are being fed the critical damage readout as targeting information from a friendly Scout.
Johannes Falkner, on 28 April 2012 - 09:08 PM, said:
Should critical hits be randomly assigned within a location?
Pretty much. Once you penetrate armor, projectiles and explosive damage tends to ricochet around a bit, and even direct energy weapons fire may not hit what you expect. If ten slots of an opposing 'mech's torso is occupied by an AC/20, I'd expect to have a pretty good chance of hitting it with the crit, but frying the relays for a MLas, or knocking out a heat sink or ammo bin should remain possibilities, if they are housed in the same location.