We should just buff STR archers so there is a reason not to be a kiting little bastard. As of now AGI archers do the same damage at range, are more accurate, run faster, so why ever go STR?
Then again, even after all this time people still use crossbows as disturbingly accurate 1wpf sidearms even after so many "fixes" so I sincerely doubt that this will ever be fixed in this game, this "imbalance" of range, due to people usually missing the point of what is actually causing imbalances and instead using bruteforce to apply a fix in the wrong spot.