Weapon requirement for ranged totem, etc. is still lame

^ I wouldn't mind a PoE-ified "mechanical bolt trap" as seen from Titan Quest. It's no more weird than a bunch of bedazzled crooks running amuck dropping fireballs from the sky.

Edit: RAT operating from weapon swap could be interesting (would that be a valid exception to "snap shotting?"), and I could see potentially build enabling. I'm not sure of the balance, but I suppose it's at least something GGG could consider.

Maybe a compromise. Instead of not working at all without a ranged weapon, have it work with a "basic" ranged attack if you don't have a ranged weapon equipped, but function as it does now if you do. Defining "basic" is the harder part. The OP would want "basic" to mean best in slot. I'd think it should be comparable to a randomly generated rare.