Also, I think you can use battle rage while using your bow. This skill is in the warrior tree. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think it should work with any weapon. Battle rage will basically give you a 50% or more damage bonus to every attack with an investment of only 5 points. Of course, this is going to negatively impact your survivability. It might be wise to use ranger stealth to escape from harm when the melee enemies get to you. I think the one two punch of using battle rage to maximize damage and then using stealth to escape might be a very effective tactic!