Archers were professionals, xbows use spread fast because you didn't need much skill to be good at it.
Thats why the difference in difficulty between bow and xbow use in this mod.
I disagree archers are obviously fast runners, can reload while running, speedy reloading, more accuracy, much more ammo, against Xbows. We need have decent armour against archer maschinguns, so we are not so fast, we cant run and reload, we are realoading on the spot so much slower, less ammo . so who have much more advantages Bow vs. Xbow ??. we have only one advantage, it was decent damage - now as i feel it while playing today rapidly decrease. so dont talking about archers are much more skilled.