I just played for a couple hours with double crossbows, bolts, and a fighting axe. It was seriously easy. I have 1 wpf in crossbow, I'm a 2h. I just picked them up to see how easy archery is... I just kill horses in 1 shot if they run at me, and if they don't, I'll easily shoot it down with the next shot then continue to kill the rider since they think I can't fight. Honestly, people say archery is hard, but it only seems like it would take a couple hours to master. Sure, I can't hit extremely far away targets cause low wpf but I just double barrel crossbow people all day. Just my two cents on that crossbows should require wpf to use.
Edit: Archery does take skill. But more skill is required in melee. When shooting, you have to determine distance, speed of projectile, and stuff like that... Take a couple shots and you will determine your how high your reticle needs to be. However, in melee, you must think about blocking, attacking, footwork, when to attack, when to feint, when to spin and spam, blah blah... Just must think more actively when meleeing imo... I just kind of zone out when I play some shooters ya know!?
I'm not trying to brag or anything; however, I do play alot of shooters like CSS and love playing COD's minigame "Sticks and Stones."