Ranged is fine as it is. Not too high rate of fire, cut damage and low base damage. Also, to the ones saying being archer is piss easy, go shielder or cav. A lot easier, mind you.
No, I'm not an archer. I have and archer alt, but haven't played on it for a pretty long time, because I'm not a fan of it. In my opinion, archery, along with the other ranged classes, are the hardest to play because keeping situation awareness is a lot harder, and you're often taken down by that one hit. In other words, small mistakes are punished a lot harder as ranged classes.
Two-hander and Poles? Pretty easy. Cav and Shielder? Even easier.