I agree.
In MTW, the archers were actually CAREFUL. CA people themselves said that an archer would hold his fire as long as he saw a distinct possibility to shoot on of his comrade if he fired.

As such, they wouldn't fire when another unit is traversing them, and they would switch target if the units they were targetting entered mélée, unless you specifically ordered them to continue to shoot. All in all, it was PLEASURABLE, because you didn't had to babysit them stupidly.

Not only the archers are utterly idiotics in RTW, not only they kill more of yours than of them, but they also are a pain to manage, as they don't stop to fire when you order them, making them even more painful to manage, if possible.