Thinking Outside of the Tesseract

I purchased some new Battletech books lately. Mostly to see how outdated I am in the rules. Its hard for me to play in the newer timeline as their are just some many weapons and options now. I remember the first time I had to face off Clan Tech, that was scary battle. This new Dark Age and Jihad Age tech is worrisome. My tactics basically follow two simple rules. I plan my Mechs and weapon load outs around these rules. With all these new weapons I’m not sure what to use. When I plan an attack with a Mech I have two rules, 1) Make sure a maximum of one unit can return fire 2) Make sure you can deal at least 20 damage in the attack. The first rule basically a rule to keep my incoming damage down. If I can’t meet those rules I don’t maneuver to take a shot. I do even thing I can to make sure it as difficult to shoot at my Mech as possible. Now its not perfect, and you can’t control a battlefield all the time. If two Mechs lay into your Mech then your going start losin