My thoughts? This is hilarious.
The old-timers (and I am one of them) in this game do not want to change Total Warfare (or BattleTech 1.0) in any way to streamline it, may it be speeding it up or just updating the outdated set. However, when it comes to Alpha Strike, a well-made modern ruleset (I do enjoy), there is always a discussion about making the game feel more like Total Warfare. This thread is the perfect example of it: Alpha Strike lacks something, propose adding more critical hits to bring in the feel Total Warfare, regular Alpha Strike players oppose it because they can't ever go back to Total Warfare, old BattleTech players subconsciously envy faster play but still try and push the old rules.
So, how about we actually do something productive about Total Warfare? How about for every new rule we want to add to Alpha Strike that is inspired from Total Warfare, we take something from Alpha Strike (like movement rules) and throw it into Total Warfare? I think it's a fair compromise that will actually make the game better.
So, I'll stop dreaming, the only rule I can get behind is #1 because it would feel like a floating critical. :(