How many playable roles is their?

[Gimmie_Waffles]

How many playable roles is their, as an example, Ranger,Merle,Mage and ect?

[Inky]

ranged mage melee throwing and summoner

[Inky]

throwing has an armor set but it is kind of a sub class

[King Narwhal]

Well, the 4 big ones are Ranged, Melee, Magic, and Summoner.
The Ranged can be divided into subclasses of arrows, guns, and explosives.
Melee can be divided into Swords, Yo-Yos, and Other Melees.
Throwing also exists, but it's kinda useless as there is no real Hardmode stuff for it.
Really, it just depend on how deep you want to go.

[Albcatmastercat]

Originally posted by marsmouse01:

throwing has an armor set but it is kind of a sub class

No, it is a main class. An incomplete one, though.

[Inky]

Originally posted by Captain Narwhal:

Well, the 4 big ones are Ranged, Melee, Magic, and Summoner.
The Ranged can be divided into subclasses of arrows, guns, and explosives.
Melee can be divided into Swords, Yo-Yos, and Other Melees.

Really, it just depend on how deep you want to go.

yeah

[oakenmoon5]

It depends on what you classify as a role.
If you're talking about basic classes, there are 5 prehardmode and 4 hardmode classes.
If you're talking about weapon subtypes, then it depends on what you classify as a subtype.
By my definition of subtypes, here are the ones I can think of:
Mages are weird. Most of the weapons are different, meaning it's hard to categorize them into subtypes.
Melee has a few different weapon types, most notable being yoyos and swords.
Ranged has two subtypes, which are bows and guns.
Summoner has two subtypes in its already small class, being minions and sentries.

EDIT: Forgot the hardmode ranged weapon subtype, rockets.

[Inky]

Originally posted by oakenmoon5:

It depends on what you classify as a role.
If you're talking about basic classes, there are 5 prehardmode and 4 hardmode classes.
If you're talking about weapon subtypes, then it depends on what you classify as a subtype.
By my definition of subtypes, here are the ones I can think of:
Mages are weird. Most of the weapons are different, meaning it's hard to categorize them into subtypes.
Melee has a few different weapon types, most notable being yoyos and swords.
Ranged has two subtypes, which are bows and guns.
Summoner has two subtypes in its already small class, being minions and sentries.

there are also rocket launchers but they might be guns

[oakenmoon5]

Originally posted by marsmouse01:

Originally posted by oakenmoon5:

It depends on what you classify as a role.
If you're talking about basic classes, there are 5 prehardmode and 4 hardmode classes.
If you're talking about weapon subtypes, then it depends on what you classify as a subtype.
By my definition of subtypes, here are the ones I can think of:
Mages are weird. Most of the weapons are different, meaning it's hard to categorize them into subtypes.
Melee has a few different weapon types, most notable being yoyos and swords.
Ranged has two subtypes, which are bows and guns.
Summoner has two subtypes in its already small class, being minions and sentries.

there are also rocket launchers but they might be guns

Just edited it.

[Albcatmastercat]

Originally posted by marsmouse01:

Originally posted by oakenmoon5:

It depends on what you classify as a role.
If you're talking about basic classes, there are 5 prehardmode and 4 hardmode classes.
If you're talking about weapon subtypes, then it depends on what you classify as a subtype.
By my definition of subtypes, here are the ones I can think of:
Mages are weird. Most of the weapons are different, meaning it's hard to categorize them into subtypes.
Melee has a few different weapon types, most notable being yoyos and swords.
Ranged has two subtypes, which are bows and guns.
Summoner has two subtypes in its already small class, being minions and sentries.

there are also rocket launchers but they might be guns

They are considered as such, yes. "Ranged" is the main class.

[oakenmoon5]

Originally posted by Albcatmastercat:

Originally posted by marsmouse01:

there are also rocket launchers but they might be guns

They are considered as such, yes. "Ranged" is the main class.

Well, rocket launchers do use a different kind of ammo, and have specific bonuses in the case of the shroomite armor, so I wouldn't consider them just guns.

[Copro]

i like "demolitionist" cause it can be played all along the game, and has diferent kind of subtype of weapons involved, like throwing and ranged

[Inky]

Originally posted by oakenmoon5:

Originally posted by Albcatmastercat:

They are considered as such, yes. "Ranged" is the main class.

Well, rocket launchers do use a different kind of ammo, and have specific bonuses in the case of the shroomite armor, so I wouldn't consider them just guns.

i love it when the thread slowly starts to shrivel

[Inky]

Originally posted by Copro:

i like "demolitionist" cause it can be played all along the game, and has diferent kind of subtype of weapons involved, like throwing and ranged

yeeeeah thats not a class

[oakenmoon5]

Originally posted by marsmouse01:

Originally posted by Copro:

i like "demolitionist" cause it can be played all along the game, and has diferent kind of subtype of weapons involved, like throwing and ranged

yeeeeah thats not a class

Not a class, but it could be considered a role.
Just like yoyos are not a class.

[King Narwhal]

If we're looking at a community standpoint instead of a technical standpoint, Builder could be considered one, as there seems to be this strange idea that you can just sit back, build, and place traps, to be a separate class from the rest.