Boo hoo.
I won't go into the fact that as an archer I have to plug all my points in WPF and PD leaving me none for IF or PS making me a squishy glancing mess totally vulnerable to the smallest poke from any nearby stabby weapon.
I won't start moaning about all those OP melee 2h my old friends, because I choose to play my class (I find it fun) and understand the choices I'm making and their consequences. Therefore to overcome my squishyness I try to adjust my gameplay where possible to avoid melee deaths, but know that it is probably inevitable, and when it happens I accept it like a mature person and don't get all butthurt.
You're talking about level 30, right? Well, that is true. But free respec created a lot of high level archers on EU servers, and high level archers don't have those limitations. Example:
Level 35 hybrid archer:
61 HP
18 STR
24 AGI
4 IF
6 PS/PD
8 ATH/WM
160 wpf Archery
100 wpf One-handed
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MW Long Bow - 33 cut/pierce damage
MW Bodkin Arrows - 2 pierce damage, 20 arrows
MW Tatar Arrows - 8 cut damage, 24 arrows
MW Short Broad Sword - 29 pierce damage, 33 cut damage
Lordly Mail Shirt with Fur - 8.5 weight, 41 body armor, 8 leg armor
Reinforced Leather Gloves - 0.4 weight, 5 body armor
Lordly Cap with Fur - 0.8 weight, 20 head armor
Reinforced Rus Shoes - 0.3 weight, 16 leg armor armor
That is 8 Masterworked items or 24 loompoints which is something most level 35 can easily obtain. Body armor rating is pretty high (for an archer) 46 body armor, 24 leg armor and 20 head armor. Combined with 61 HP, that allows an archer to survive plenty of body/leg hits and few head hits. One handed sword uses 100 effective wpf and with 24 AGI you cna swing fast enough to kill almost anyone. You will be a bit slow (like 5 ATH in this armor but without arrows) but still fast enough to deal with melee threat when it comes to you. Of course, by then you'll probably kill it with 35 piece/41 cut damage from your arrows. And you have 44 arrows for the whole round which is epic amount of arrows for any occasion. If this shit listed above is not OP, I don't know what is.
My melee trihybrid isn't nearly potent as this shit above. It has around 16 more body armor and 2.5 times more head armor, it is faster but that makes him squishier because of speed bonus (if I surge forward and get hit in the process that hurts like hell). I have higher damage output when fighting in melee but can't do jack shit to ranged. Above build is wastly superior for any occasion and is a proof that being hybrid archer isn't impossible, it's in fact crazily OP at higher levels.