to all those saying range is too slow to train, its probably because your range is too low to hit decent in the first place, its that or your not willing to put some funding into the fucking skill. sure, it may cost more than melee but range reduces a hell of a lot of food to buy, along with better places to make cash, and some decent magic resistance. i'll defend range, because its a decent, well rounded skill. melee is useless when a ranger comes along with some of the new TT arrows *which no one has mentioned, and yes they're affordable aswell* so really, range is a legitimate skill to have in the high 90+ on any account, its useful.