Lowbie ranger gear

[Taffan]

1-20: Fast 1 or 2hander. Reasoning: You are limited to a damage cap, so you do not want a slow weapon with high dmg, even if it has a good ratio.

20-46ish: Best ratio weps you can find. Either 2h, or 2 1h's. If you are going to duel-wield, to always have the better ratio in the offhand, and/or fastest weapon in the mainhand. As suggested, I believe Woodman's Staff is the best option here. Lammy/Jade Mace+wurmy works ok too. Reasoning: Faster mainhand weapon allows for more double-attack procs. It's been tested that best atk/dmg ratio in the Offhand is better DPS over all.

46+: Fastest weapon you can find for your main hand, and best ratio/epic for your offhand. Reasoning: Lower the dely of the weapon, the better the damage bonus is and like above, more DA procs. You cannot get a damage bonus for the offhand, therefore you want a really fast 1h for your mainhand. Options for MH: Jade mace, Lamentation, Revultant Whip, Lupine Dagger, Fayguard Parrying Dagger. Barbed Scale Whip(until nerf) OH: Best ratio you can find! Wurmslayer until it gets nerfed is prolly BiS, besides epic at the moment.

This was all told to me a while back, when I first started playing my ranger.