Because you stand a chance of atleast damaging the 5 melee guys or if you're really lucky/skilled even win, against archers you don't they all spread out and shoot and if you do some how get close they run away. So no its not the same situation with archers.
You guys are so full of crap. Since I quit being an archer 2 generations ago, I solo 2 or 3 archers at a time with my new build. 4 or 5? That gets a bit too much for me, but 2 or 3 are dog meat. There are so many things you
could do to counter them, but I see the same 3-4 people crying about archery and gang +'ing each others posts. It is much easier to complain on the forums, especially when you see the results in a nerf against archery every single patch, it just encourages you that much more to cry for even
greater nerfs.
Grow some balls and learn to play the game by either building one of the
many classes that can deal with archers, or learn to play
as a team with one of the many classes that can deal with archers.