Archers too weak -> Cavalry dominates -> lots of infantry are forced to pick up throwing -> "everyone in this game is ranged omg wtf"
Archers are strong -> Cavalry faces greater risks and isn't as popular -> infantry doesn't need throwing anymore -> ranged complaints decline
Nerfing archers just makes this game worse, imo.
It's also funny everytime someone says, "ranged is OP in this game, wtf" and I pop open the scoreboard and every top scorer on both sides is infantry or cavalry. Ranged as top killer is almost unheard of, at least in NA (and usually when an archer DOES make top score, it's because he's a former pro infantry player and killed 5 people with his mace.)