hi yall :) a few mins before writing this i was asking myself:why ranged? ranged is my favourite skill.i'm a lvl 87 combat with 90 ranged,and i'm not stopping here,altough i've seen the minpoints of it. first of all it's a really fun skill to train....training is fun,but it's pretty weak against all other ways of combat. as an example:let's take pures...melee at first:they can hit like 3 quick 30s with dds. mages at second:can hold you for 20 seconds long and hit 30s. ranged:max hit is around 26 with crystalbow,potioned,and very rare,plus pretty slow.then for the mage short,it's an awsum weapon it's fast,can hit in the 30s easily,but it only has one special...so far for ranged.this all ain't gonna stop me from getting it as my first 99 stat...but i think jagex should do something about it,so we rangers,can duel and pk together with mages and meleeers. plz post your oppinions here.i'm sry if you see it in a complete other way. but keep the flaming for yourself plz... happy posting :)