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I'm pretty sure they're melee because return to the thrower as opposed to being consumable. (In my opinion, they would fit better as thrown weapons though).

I think Journey's End is going to combine the thrower class with the ranger class, so that might clear some things up.

What I'm saying is that having a class' weapons being based around consumables is useless if its not ranged. I'm saying that we should base a new thrown class around boomerangs, then expand of them and add other weapon types like that.

So let me get this straight.

They're melee because they return after being thrown?

I'm not exactly sure, how weapons are classified is confusing

Here's how I see them:
Melee: Require close-up fighting, should never leave your damn hand
Ranged: Shoots consumables
Magic: Conjures projectiles from arcane mana
Summon: Summons creatures to do the work for you
Thrown: Launch the weapon with your own hand

I think the reason the throwing class with be removed is because there are only 20 thrown weapons, and all of them are obtainable in pre-hardmode. Also the fact that even the summoner class has a Celestial Pillar, but thrown doesn't.

It's a pity. It could've been something, but nope. Let's just drop it instead of helping it.

They're not dropping it, they're merging it with ranger (or so I've been told).

They are dropping it by not expanding it. That's more of what I meant.