[@vietmyke]That's why the school uses a majority of blade based weapons. Slashing weapons don't usually leave too much chance for a bad hit. Core breaches probably auto force down the systems on most gears. You're also not suppose to be aiming for places which could kill the pilot. All mechs in the battles so far have sustained heavy damage and then shut down, or beaten by a mech in personal combat resulting in a shut down. It's more about causing damage, and getting points than going for big power blows. If you're using a lance just aim at the arms, or the legs of a suit. You're not suppose to turn the thing into molten slag you're suppose to disable it.

As for ejection seats, and what have you I'm sure some models have things such as that for emergencies but they're not normally used.