GuildWiki:Role guide project

Overview
'''Note: This list is a work in progress primarily designed to give users a sense of the implementation as well as to get a general sense for the policy. Feel free to propose new archetypes on the discussion page.'''

The purpose of this project is to get a general sense of what the common archetypes are. This does NOT preclude someone from making a guide about a different role, it is merely a starting point that will hopefully get expanded.

Here is(/will be) a list of all the roles we can think of for each profession. The goals of this list are:
 * to see how balanced the list is (which may not matter)
 * to work out how to define what is a role and what is a build variant
 * to figure out just how many roles we're talking about (5 is a lot different than 15, if they're all listed in one page)

PvE

 * 1) 55hp (3)
 * 2) Tank (2)
 * 3) Minion Master(2)
 * 4) Barrage/Pet Ranger
 * 5) Touch Ranger
 * 6) Illusionary Weaponry
 * 7) Battery
 * 8) Bonder
 * 9) 55 Monk

Frontline DPS
(link to Melee Split page)
 * 1) Linebacker
 * 2) Pure DPS
 * 3) Thumper
 * 4) Beastmaster
 * 5) Para Thumper
 * 6) Shadow Spiker(BoA, SP Wars, Shadow Walk/Deaths's Charge Derv/BB)
 * 7) DPS Assassin (Moebius)

Midline Pressure/Utility/Support

 * 1) Utility/Interrupter (BA, Cripshot, BHA)
 * 2) Trapper/Spirit (NR/Tranq Oath Trapper)
 * 3) Snare/Ward/Support Eles (Link to runner page)
 * 4) Utility Rangers (BA, Crip, BHA, redirected from Ranger Split)
 * 5) Offensive Caster Utility (Mind Blast, Ice Shackles/Trident, redirected from runner)
 * 6) DPS/Offensive Pressure (Cruel Spear, Crippling Anthem)
 * 7) Defensive Support Paragon (Angelic Bond)
 * 8) Hex Pressure (Migraine, Reaper's Mark)
 * 9) Eurospike/Utility (MoR, Expel, etc)
 * 10) Crippling Anguish/Split
 * 11) Battery (BiP)
 * 12) Smiter (AoE, MoM)

Runner/Splitter

 * 1) Monk/Defensive Runner (ZB LoD WoR)
 * 2) Melee Split (see also frontline DPS)
 * 3) Ranger Split (Redirect utility)
 * 4) Offensive Caster Split (redirect to utility)
 * 5) Minion Master

Backline

 * 1) Infuser
 * 2) Divine Prot (subsection boon prot for historic reference)
 * 3) Soul Reap (N/Rt or N/Mo)

Ritualist

 * 1) Restoration
 * 2) Spirit Spammer
 * 3) Utility/Flagsupport

Others (Gimmicks!)

 * 1) Splinter Barrage

Spike

 * 1) Ele Spike (Invoke/Vapor/Obs Flame)
 * 2) Ranger Spike (Kindle/Conjure, Spirit's Strength