I can't see arrows being that scarce, I mean that would be absurd surely.
I couldn't agree more. I know it's a fantasy world and not our own world, but I believe the bow and arrow predated Iron weapons in our history by thousands of years. If we can expect similar weaponry to Oblivion, (Iron, Steel Silver etc) I also find it beyond absurd that arrows would be that scarce. Just your basic Iron arrow would be made with a fraction of the Iron used to make a longsword. Wood would be plentiful and I would imagine feathers would be as well. But maybe they're assuming there aren't enough birds in Skyrim?
I prefer an archer/mage build using ranged attack's, stealth and destruction for my combat. I'm afraid this does not bode well for that character type, but I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
It's an easy enough fix with a simple mod or even toggle some up with the console if they are extremely rare and hard to come by. But it just doesn't make logical sense to me that they would be this scarce. If archery is that powerful perhaps there is a balance issue with the skill?