not if you're an archer, a 27 strength player in platemail is not going to be enjoyable fighting melee vs melee.
That is precisely where you are wrong.
Some people may not enjoy the melee gameplay (in which case the only reason they are here is to shoot at defenseless targets, great individuals), but no matter whether you like it or not, you can influence the outcome of a melee combat. When someone is shooting at you, it's 5% dodging and 95% luck. In other words, your own power over the outcome of that is orders of magnitude lower.
Just because someone takes advantage of a weakness of my class or playstyle, doesn't mean that I'm not enjoying the game.
It's not about class advantages or disadvantages. As a 1h/shield/thrower, archers are and xbow are a pain. As a 1h/lance cav, they are obnoxious. Yet the general consensus seems to be that shielders and cav are decent counters to ranged.
Conversely, defending myself with just a crappy 1h sidearm against a behemoth that surprised me as archer or xbowman is quite fun, sometimes even more than a simple melee fight because enemies don't take you seriously.
I try to not let it happen next round.
Except with ranged you are not given the choice. People will shoot at you unless you are being useless in a map corner.