Those who play small chars like that trade difficulty to hit for less reach. Tall is still generally the meta.
I think they changed Ayzar at some point and moved the GFE spawns back.
It'll make siege less infuriating not just in less shooting into melee but also less useless archers. That or the archers will just eat the reflective damage.
What gamemode(s) do you play that have this experience?
Cata horses can take damage from a bow in the mid teens and have 250 health. If you factor in misses as you aren't hitting a moving target at variable distance 15 times in a row that's a lot of arrows.
No cav is OP and really easy if you play TDM or Battle and use cav it's just not really a challenge.