Well, does ranged pay off in the long run? Yes, you get a pretty cape ^_^ Will it pay great dividends in the future? No idea o.O Will it give me lots of money? Depending on how you train it, maybe. Is it a waste of time to train? Definately not, you get loads of HP exp, and good drops. Is it a waste of money to train? Nope, bow - 1k, d hide - 40k, iron arrows - 20 ea, and you pick them up... Maybe a 1-2m loss getting to 99.
Can't really top yours, but whenever i need to get a new slayer task from chaeldar in Lost City I'll almost always grab my slayer staff instead of my dramen staff. Not too bad, just annoying to have to run all the way back to lumby. :oops: