Honestly don't know what people talk about.
Today I made a STF archer. The last time I played archer it was pre-upkeep xp barn times. Archer was harder back then to level - you actually had to be close to the fighting. Anyway...
I easy hit targets half way across the map, I do kill people closer to round end, shooting into melee takes good timing but is not too hard to do... Archery is fine really
Slow running speed is annoying but I am still faster than STR oriented melee. Seriously, not trolling, I don't get the problem.
EDIT: maybe every archer should play 1 week a throwing STF and then come back to talk about accuracy and missile speed.