Nice idea for a topic. I think the optimum pking setups are the things that have changed the most. i can remember a few classic setups: my favourite hybrib mb setup was ahrims top and bottom with whip, zammy book and warrior (not zerker) helm. That was back when the whip spec was good and no-one bothered with dds' and the helm of choice was warrior before the big obsession with strength bonus. Another classic look was splitbark top with mystic bottoms back when mystic top protected over whip. That was pretty much the staple gear for drags pking. Shortly after the tzhaar area came out but before untrades like defender and torso took over edge pking there was a period when a common look was full rune with obby set, or rune/fire cape/obby shield combo. The shield was rarely seen once defenders arrived. Since BH has been out a while now i guess this almost counts as a vintage setup: The classic rune pure outfit from late 06-07. Zerker helm, fighter torso, rune defender, rune legs, str ammy, climbers, defender, whip, dds in inventory. This was the staple edge fighting gear for quite a while.