OKAY..... Now, lets get 1 thing straight - Archers are support units, anyone who uses em 4 more then that should definetly learn to play better. Ive read all your argments, and they all relate on how archers attack. Funny how you dont mention how the receive blows?
they do bout 40 dmg with lvl3 trueshot - thats nice. But send a few ghouls, footmen, crypt fiends, huntresses, grunts, or anything else that doesnt take extra dmg from pierce, and all your 40 archers die faster then you can count.
Like i said earlier - If you use archers as support units ONLY, and get hunts or bears to take all the blow, then yes, i agree that archers can change the tides of battle to some extent.