I have played on server where there are or were the no ranged mondays, and it was boring + 2h spamzor in a huge clash of bodies.
Actualy as a dedicated xbower I feel quite hurted, when I wear my plate and get a bolt and then an arrow, both take about the same dmg from me, so around 1/3 hp, the weaker bowmans take about 1/4 of my hp, but still they can send 3-4 arrows when I can send 1 bolt. And then throwers come, which fight in the first line and are very succesfull at stoping xbowers from reload. Anyways, I think bow dmg went a bit to high and xbows a bit to low, but its not like I cant play, still even when xbows are the worst ranged I can sometimes get to the first 3 so it is not that bad I gues.