Originally Posted by 1varangian
Torches, Wizards, Clerics...many things provide light. Some of them seem to not work however so maybe they should start by fixing the light sources to actually negate the darkness penalties.

This is it. If the Light spell or carried torches generated light then there'd be plenty of solutions with a decent balance between them. But the only solutions now are Dancing Lights and dropped torches which is a mess.