I've played in three weekend betas so far, early access opens in (almost) seven hours (which I plan to be up for), and my client is all patched up and ready to roll...

But I still haven't decided on a starting class. Probably either mage, or archer, but I didn't get to try out either very extensively in the betas (I played mostly Dragonknight, and ended up concluding I didn't like it that much).

I'm probably going with EP because in the betas it SEEMED like AD was the most popular, and DC was the least popular.

My problem? I usually play archers in MMOs or RPGs, like always. It's my thing. But the archery in this seemed lackluster in PvE at least. It seemed weak and just generally subpar.

Did anyone get to try out archery past level 10 or so? And if so, how does it fare in PvP? Does the skill-line for archery get better? Is a pure archer build feasible, or is it really only useful as a secondary weapon?

In the betas that I took part in, I used a Bosmer Archer class. It felt weak up to level 13 but started to feel more powerful. I can't really speak much for PVP since most of the PVP sessions I had were laggy and I could never tell if I was even getting any hits. Doubt that answered your question, but there's that. lol

I played a bosmer nightblade archer in the beta too, but I didn't get too far with it. Only about level 8 iirc, because I spent most of my time on the dragonknight. I kind of just wanted to get as far as possible in the betas as I could, so I kept going with my dragonknight 'cause he was the highest. What I did play with my bosmer archer was just kinda lackluster overall. =/ Thanks for the input, though!

No problem. Like I said, the first few levels felt inferior to everyone else, but around level 13+, It started to level out and my character seemed to be worthy. I do wish I had a better experience in the PVP, though.