What mech types and variants are in the game?
Solution 1:
The wiki has a good listing, along with hardpoints. There are many mechs.
As of release, here is the base list of chassis, some have multiple variants:
- Locust
- Commando
- Spider
- Urbanmech
- Firestarter
- Jenner
- Panther
- Cicada
- Blackjack
- Vindicator
- Centurion
- Enforcer
- Hunchback
- Trebuchet
- Griffin
- Kintaro
- Shadow Hawk
- Wolverine
- Dragon
- Quickdraw
- Catapult
- Jagermech
- Thunderbolt
- Cataphract
- Grasshopper
- Black Knight
- Orion
- Awesome
- Victor
- Zeus
- Battlemaster
- Stalker
- Highlander
- Banshee
- Atlas
- King Crab
https://battletech.gamepedia.com/Battlemechs
Solution 2:
An updated for 1.6
There are roughly 65 mechs in the base game, some mechs have more than one variant, for example there are currently three variants of the Thunderbolt.
The Flashpoint expansion added:
- Hatchman
- Crab (with the custom Big Steel Claw variant)
- Cyclops
The Urban Warfare expansion adds (based on news reports):
- Raven
- Javelin
1.6 added variants for:
- UrbanMech
- Blackjack
- Hatchman (Requires Flashpoint)
- Catapult
- Banshee