+hit rating from gems only applies to melee attacks

[Kevin]

I got a decent mail piece for my hunter that had some sockets on it. Since my hit rating was starting to slip I slapped a couple of Glinting Flame Spessarite in it. +3 hit rating and +3 agi being a pretty good thing for the red and yellow sockets I had. Well I was not pleased to see that the +hit rating only worked for melee attacks and not ranged. Submitted a ticket to the GM and was informed that yep it's a bug and they'll get it fixed at some point.