Quote Originally Posted by caravel
Hybrid archers are no better than standard ones because they fire exactly the same bow. Standard archers do need some small improvements, such as extra ammo and slightly improved lethality.
Agreed. Regular archers are a bit underpowered in vanilla MTW/VI, even against unarmored units. Not they're not still useful, but they should still be a little more effective than they currently are, especially considering their training cost.