eh, i bought two pairs of snakeskin boots for about 6k ea, which is cheap if you figure it this way, ranger boots: +8 range att, 2mil+ snake boots: +3 range att, 6k... so you get 3/8th the bonus for 1/333rd the price. ill take the snakeskin boots please. and yes i can afford a ranger set. its just that in my opinion, if you can get something that works almost as well for a fraction of the cost, why waste money?