IMO archers are'nt all that tough. When I face an archer heavy army I march up and as soon as I see the enemy knocking there arrows I run all units and they get 1-2 rounds off and then they start getting choped to pieces.

The problem with the A.I. is that they sometimes have too much of a defensive mode. I walk up and start shooting them. Now the A.I. is'nt programmed to figure out if they are going to get shot to death or not. So they just stand there.

What needs to be done, possibly prebattle is a calculation if they can sit back or if they need to charge home as soon as the missiles start coming in.

Hopefully this will be one of the A.I. improvements in the patch.