I played an archer for 1 1/2 gens now after about 3 gens of throwing and 9 gens of pure 2h/polearm.
If you bitch about archers you need to learn to play or play on the melee only server.
It's the most frustrating class I played so far but I enjoy the support role especially when it comes to taking down cav and staggering enemies during melee fights.
Sorry to destroy your melee hero dreams =(
Games like this require more than just twitch reflexes and to be skilled at the game you will need to learn to just deal with it and adjust your tactics.
On my melee builds I was everything from 21 agi to 6 agi as in 18str to 33 str.
Never did I have any serious problems with ranged.
Maybe with the throwing lances for a short time but those are now super gimp