When you say about “OP-ness of bows”, I hoped it was a necro thread.
The easiest way to kill someone or some NPC is if they are using bows, any bows.
Unless you think this game is like the Muay Thai fighting “kick battle” Van Damme was so fond of. BTW, it is a real thing, mostly on training though, when fighters will do kick battles until someone taps out.
Only if you are not using a bow and trying to battle arrows with your chest, you can get a bow to be “remotely” OP.
Get the “finest bow” and a “Predatory Blade wielding” melee, there is no doubt who wins. It would go like a Machete movie.