Have to say that defending own team ranged is very often really thankless and dangerous task. Just few days ago got teamhitted every freaking round by own ranged and GTXted after got teamkilled 2 rounds in a row by ranged cocky bastards!
Yeah that is quite frustrating. On another note however, very few people seem to notice that facehugging and circling around your enemy isnt exactly the best thing to do to avoid getting teamhit. Just like shielders, on the very rare occasions they decide to shield archers ( and I very much appreciate this ), they try to move WITH the archer, even when he is just doing a quick sidestep to shoot.
