Acute hearing and darkness

[warhorse11h]

Originally Posted by Axly Suregrip

Warhorse,
Thanks for listing that out. Let me summarize and please let me know if I got it right.

I think your point is that Acute Hearing says "traveling" at half speed is about movement through a labyrinth map and not about half MA during combat. Since it said half of traveling and not half MA.

So, that would be 1 hex of labyrinth map every 10 seconds instead of every 5.

In combat, that would be half of MA 3. I guess either MA 1 or 2 since it does not specify.

If I got this wrong, let me know how.

That is correct. But it does go further.
The rules also say that a party moving in darkness has no chance to notice hidden things. So that piece is simply confirming that you can move, but you can't find hidden doors, etc.
It isn't specifically addressing 1/2 MA in combat, but combat rules do that on their own. You surrender any chance of striking if you move more than 1/2 your MA and striking with a spell or a missile weapon limit one to 1 hex in combat movement.
The talent does provide distinct benefits, but other than the above, they don't reference movement. You can't be surprised in the dark from behind. You can hear approaching beings before they here you, You can detect beings at up to three MH distant (which could allow one with high enough DX to either fire a missile weapon or a missile spell), you fight with a reduced penalty in darkness, but your party has to be quiet. Other than that, you bear the same risks as someone without the talent moving in the dark. The wording of the talent and some of the portions I mentioned in my first post would, I believe, support the idea that if you try to move too quickly, you rob yourself of the talent's benefits and are just as likely as anyone else to fall from moving to fast in the dark, the 3 or in some cases 4 die rolls mentioned earlier for moving faster than 1/2 your MA.