No. Archers are not underpowered. They are good in their own way. Every class is good in their own way, people just need to take their time to appreciate the advantages of each class rather than focusing on their disadvantages.
I'm sure archers get better at later levels when they get another poison skill.
If someone out there that reckons that archers are worthless, then I would just ignore them. Seriously, why would the game developers design a class that's useless and worthless? >____>"
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