UNIT - Creature Balance + Visual Changes

I've been writing about archers for a long time, but to no avail:
The damage of 2-8 with a direct shot can be equated to 8 (i.e., 6-10), since a direct shot gives about +60% damage. This is only for regular shooting.

How often do they approach you for a "shootout"? Especially ranged damage dealers, from whom it is sometimes more painful than from melee units.

But on top of that, there's also initiative boosted (9 against 8) and some kind of ability.

Yes, perhaps the initiative buff is excessive under these circumstances.

And you also need to consider that melee with 6-10 is much more powerful than with 2-8.

That's a valid argument. But here, too, you can take into account the fact that if they reach the stack, it's already just scraps, not a stack, and the counterattack will be slightly higher than that of an alt, but still negligible. After all, in melee combat, both sides hit with a penalty.