I hope Archer gets a special skill of his own besides Sharpshooter that actually makes you want to have an archer. A fighter/meat is a MUST, a priest is a MUST, so is a mage... an archer?? Not so much.
Hopefully the next game (maybe Avadon?) the archer gets to be useful. I'm just a little bit passed the demo version and I started with a pure archer character on my team. So USELESS in fights. Too lazy to start a new party, so I'll just grind it out till the end. I'm glad I made her the tool use character (but in fights, that really doesn't mean anything). My party is so off-balanced and I haven't died so much like this since I played Exile I.
Advice to beginners (for A6).. DON'T MAKE AN ARCHER! Oh, and get endurance early, should be around 6-7, maybe even 8 when you are around the Tower Colony quest.