I like simple ballistic reticles. Probably the very best one I have is in a Bushnell Elite 3200 3-9x40, from back in about 2004. It's a series of additional lines at 3/6/9/12MOA below the crosshair, all standard duplex wire thickness. Each line is 2x as wide as it is below the crosshair, so the 3MOA line is 3MOA low, and extends 3MOA to the left and right of the vertical wire, the 6MOA IS 6MOA low and extends 6MOA to the left and right, and so forth. Knowing these standard drop and windage marks allows for both range and windage correction pretty easily. I shot out my range card on that rifle and have it printed out and attached to the rifle. I generally re-memorize it, along with one other drop card, at the beginning of the season. Beyond that, I use the point blank range system and memorize three distances for every other rifle I own: dead-hold, halfway up to top of back, and top of back. That gets me out to 400-500yds with every rifle I own. Most I won't shoot past 350, but a couple are good to 500, which is my personal on-game limit.
I have one heavy duplex scope and it is truly grand in heavy timber at 5min before end of legal shooting hours.