Does anyone feel that bows and crossbows are a bit too expensive for what they offer? Bjord was complaining that I survived 9 PD Longbow headshot and I think he has a point. If damage isn't going to scale with armors (by the looks of it won't), maybe you should make those weapons less expensive. Especially because difference in survivability between ranged and melee is about to become even greater, because everybody who's playing melee will pick lightest heavy armor, while ranged will stay with their light/medium armors.
Many item prices are reflecting roles those items had in the past, when they gave more bang for buck. For example, Military Cleaver is among mid tier one handed weapons and that weapon is arguably the best of its kind.