Well, does ranged pay off in the long run? It only really pays off for F2P pking because I get kills more often during pk trips with ranged than I do with melee. Will it pay great dividends in the future? It probably won't. Will it give me lots of money? Nope. Is it a waste of time to train? I guess, it took me 4 months from 85 to 99 ranged at wildy fire giants with addy arrows. But you could get it in less than two weeks at pest control. If you enjoy training ranged then I wouldn't consider it a waste of time training. Is it a waste of money to train? It depends, fire giants, greater demons, blue dragons, abyssal demons and other monster drops can help you break even or probably even make more than you're spending on arrows.