well I think archers are at a big disatvatage because you can't get a bow for a holy item, and you can get a sword instead I'm in the wastelands now been playing archer all through the game but I found the sword of the gods (Didn't know where to even find it lol) and I can two shot everything with it even with no sword skills, though my bow I got from the elves take about 4-5 shots to kill a imp.
Amen. I used a bow I bought from the elf. It cost over 75,000 ing old, but was worth every penny doing a max of 195 dmg per shot. And with the combo of splitting arrows and poison weapon, Josie goes down very quickly indeed.