Archers are a questionable buy in a FFA. They cost 3 points a piece so 2 archers=1 Jman=3 ghols= 3 warriors= 6 thrall=2 wights. Now are you going to take archers over any of these one on one. Well OK maybe the thrall if you had enought time. What you think 2 archers can kill 2 wights? Try me any day of the week and they shall not kill a wight. Let's say you do spend points on 6 archers. OK so that is 18 points on archers. Which leaves just enough for 8 warriors and 12 thrall. Where as some one who didn't get any archers could buy ghols a jman 4 more thrall. Once it comes down to the fighting the guy without the archers will win especially if he has puss ghols. 2 puss ghols will totally wipe out 6 archers especially if they just stand around looking all stupid in a long line. Give me 6 archers in a long line with puss ghols and I will give you six dead archers in 15 seconds or so. Which leaves you with nothing but your ground troops which I vastly outnumber because I didn't get archers. Not to mention those archers cost about 33% of your army. So if my two puss ghols die I have 80 some percent left whereas you have 60 some percent left. Who do you think the other guys are going to come after (especially when they see my remaining army)?  This is really true on new maps which feature archers with dorf pathfinders or heros. Sorry kids but a dorf hero or pathfinder will give archers a big time ass whupping. Especially if you run the dorf in behind a human shield like a thrall or a jman. I took a dorf pathfinder behind a Jman once on Lost Empire and killed 12 archers and 16 thrall. So I beat a total of 42 points with 14 for those keeping score at home. Archers? Nay. Give me puss ghols any  day of the week.