How to have multiple character classes in multiplayer game

Development Programming & Scripting Multiplayer & Networking
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i was thinking of 2 possible options

1: is having a different character class for each character eg: Character 1, 2 and 3

2: is having 1 character class and having multiple components that hold different information

like Comp1 holding all of character 1 ability info and Comp 2 holding all character 2 ability info

and having a Component distinguisher when character spawns

like if i choose character 1, when the class spawns in level it would see that only Components relating to Character 1 are needed

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if having a separate character Class for each character is needed could you explain How to do this

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Will having lots of components affect performance

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Would Having components for everything be the right way

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i just havent been able to get a functional character selection in c++