Kaeb Odellas, on 29 February 2016 - 03:01 PM, said:
You're probably thinking of volume. Weight is a function of the gravitational force between an object and the planet it's on, which is in turn a function of the two objects' masses and the distance between them. For our purposes, mass is equal to weight.
Ahem.
To be precise. Weight is a force with which the body pushes its support or pulls its suspension. And it might be not equal to the gravity force affecting that body (there can be another on on top of it pushing it down with it's own weight). So yes, mass is not equal to weight in fixed gravity field in general. But, and this is a strong but, the definition and meaning of words mass and weight are actually language dependent.
Anyway, we have listed mech masses in the game. And those masses make no sense for 'dry' mechs. But swithching to payloads they stop making sence in drop limits (other than Clan honor rules for bids and etc.).