Archers need some help. Pierce has always been a mix of dex/str where as bow is dex only. Most archers do not get high enough str to be able to be effective melee so it always drags down the damage. I suggest a little bit of love would be make pierce dex based only for archers. That way archers do not have the anchor of str stat dragging down damage when it is not used for their main weapon the bow.