Lies. If you're a range pure at low levels/tank at high then you have a distinct advantage, but nothing to the extent that you're saying. This is coming from someone who's played on a maxed ranged tank btw. It's a very significant difference in my experience. Admittedly I usually use addy instead of rune when Pking, but that's just another thing going against melee; full rune costs a lot more than tank ranging gear. Firstly, why the hell are you using addy armour? You have the levels for rune then use it. You wouldn't use an addy weapon, so why addy armour? Secondly, cost isn't a factor - we're on about EFFECTIVNESS. Compfreak mentioned cost as well, not too sure why when we're on about underpowered-ness. Finally, can I ask if that is your main account? It is extremely low levelled and definitely not a PKer. So if you're talking from first hand experiences, it's really no surprise that you get annihilated by ranged.