Yea, I agree with all of that, as for this though:
I just “crowned” Lovetap as still the best KO weapon post 3.0 in the other thread 
The new attribute system actually benefitted this particular weapon a LOT
Edit: Oh and:
The new buff to archery makes them do much more damage than they used to pre-3.0, however they are still very very slow at firing and as such like Taemien pointed out fall behind which becomes exponentially worse if they happen to miss, so they’re definitely not comparable to fighters in their effectiveness, but still not useless imo.