Seems like you never played an archer. Well I don't give a shit about your whining, but you should know:
I got 5 Powerdraw, 160 Archery, using a Horn Bow.
My Crosshair opens after 2 to 3 seconds. When I move while aiming the crosshair nearly hits the frames of my 23" screen. I got to archer close-range from time to time, since I am a pure-archer and got no second weapon. I just release the arrow while the crosshair is open wide and often I make a lucky hit. - So the small-crosshair-time is too small in my opinion but I think its fair, I don't complain.
I am using Tatar-Arrows... and all I seem to do is wounding the enemy so my team can kill them easier. I barely make any kills with it - but I hit pretty often, so I do not really suck at playing, I guess. I also need around 5 Arrows to get somebody down that is wearing Leather-Armour. When I gotta shoot Tincans... well... I guess 10 to 15 arrows are not enough. While I get killed by onehits from XBows when I am using my 30/9 (10 IF) Trollarm-Char. Also my Archer gets killed by Bolts 7 out of 10 Deaths. - So my damage Is not even high enough to kill a peasant with one shot. I am not complaining about that, I just shoot another arrow.
Yes, there may be a lot of archers. But not everybody is suited for blocking/chambering or spamming/fainting.
A Greatsword kills me with two hits... I got onehitted by Onehand-swords, too. Once in a while some tincan-bastard comes at me weaponless and just bashes me to death with his steel gloves.
Edit: To state more negative things about archery:
- If somebody runs into us, we gotta draw again.
- We can't wear heavier armour without having some heavy malus on our WPF.
- Nearly no one tries to help the archers in their team, that are in danger.
- Whenever somebody sees us he rushes for us, instead of fighting the guy he was one on one before. They do not care if they get killed, as long as they kill us.
You wanna nerf archers? Play one for 3 Month before you complain.