You tell me what to do then. No PD or such affecting damage. Normal melee rarely die from 1 bolt unless already damaged. Semi-long range shots almost never 1 shot-kill. Sure if they run quickly at me and I fire at point-blank range. Then they often die with 1. But most of combat doesn't happen like that.
Or maybe it's you doing something wrong if you die from 1 bolt...
NO, I am 100% with Karasu, although I would like to see some give and take, and players recognise the real ranged problem: Crossbows. Arbalest IS a 1shot kill, if you are not 1hitting with an arbalest, you ARE doing it wrong.
Warbow and Longbow cannot be used on horseback, make horsebows (Nomad, Strongbow etc) ONLY usable on horseback. 24 agi 5 PD kiters with mace are as bad as the new class I see alot (On teamspeak we call them Daves: Heavy armour, 2hmace, good melee stats yet they always run round corner to reload their 1shot arbalest, we blame Dave for this, hence they are called Daves). These guys make no sacrifices in melee, yet can 1shot crossmap aswell: Make 2h mace 2slot, or put a controlling stat on crossbows. I have used the 2h mace as a main weapon before, its an awesome weapon, yet being able to take it WITH an arbalest....
So, in short, lots of archers can be a pain, but smart use of shields negates them: Arbalest spammers that shoot thru shields and still 1hit...who can wield a very powerful melee weapon, and wear heavy armour, combined with the new reload speeds of Xbows, and pinpoint accuracy crossmap, the extreme speed of the misile meaning its easy to aim, and hard to dodge.
I understand that the balance team includes a crossbow lover, but this is now ridiculous.
BTW: I am neither archer nor crossbowman, nor a 2handed greatsword/polespammer HERO who wants the game balanced for them (as it has been for a while tbh), Im just a poor shmuck with a 1h sword and some javelins to stop the HA goons.