Found lots of old patch messages at this Japanese site:
http://web.archive.org/web/200010061...i/news/old.htm
Which I've added to the wiki patch history (there are more from early phases of beta that I have yet to add):
https://wiki.project1999.com/Patch_Notes
Anyway, the patch to add Ranger and Rogue crits on throws and bows was on August 31st, 1999, so they shouldn't get crits before then.
(These patches are auto-translated from Japanese, see the source for perhaps a better translation if you can read Japanese...)
Quote:
August 31, 1999
This server-side patch includes the following:
- Ranger can now make a critical hit with Bow.
- Rogue can now make critical hits with Thrown weapons.
- Ranger's Parry and Dodge skill limits increased.
- Fixed a DoT bug related to missing experience points and corpses disappearing.
- New PvP rule: You can no longer route weapons in Primary, Secondary, and Ranged slots from killed opp
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https://wiki.project1999.com/Patch_N...ust_31.2C_1999