Just a side note: I'd rather not specialize anything if it means getting my last skill at a lower level. This won't be a regularly played character, just for fun.

As one who has a high level archer (Level 47) and a 3 schoold ageer (level31) go with the 3 schoold dagger template (You get bow as well). The resoning is: you get 3 schoolds of magic, high melee d (Important for an archer), and high Dagger, which is good to use on those critters with high missle d. The template rocks, at level 31 most of my stats are on par with Vanidor's, except he has higher magic (5's in all schools). The bow is somewhat behind but you can favor that in lieu of dagger. But at 31 he has ~165 bow, and considering there are a lot of pks who do not have bow trained and still pk with it, I feel as if im golden. I generally fight people 10levels higher than me with this template, and they ususally run/recall after the first hit with my bandie dagger.

The template is as follows:

30
10
100 (or 95)
100 (or 95)
10
80

Start with Life, item, mellee d, healing, mana c, Arcane?
Spec dagger

Take Critter at level 8, then bow (I was actually hunting golems with bow before training it).

You can tweak the template, (I have)but be sure to keep your points in Self over focus, this will give you much more mana for buffing (Far more important than healing). Spec the dagger, it is cheap. Leveling with mellee at lower levels is easier than leveling with bow. Because you have to take hits much harder as an archer (It took me forever to level Van).

As to your template Vanidor. I would not recommend it to anybody cause in the end dagger is nothing more than a waste. In PvP it's worth shit unless you go raid lowbies and unbuffed people. With dagger you hit buffed people for as good as zip. And I know a level 67 daggerfighter who just gave up on it after their last "daggerfix".

Personally I like a Sho archer a lot more. I would switch my Aluvian one any day for it. Just drop some for the quickness, up strength and pump that UA skill. The damage bonus you get from the skill is tons more interesting. Not to speak off immediate switching between damage types, faster animation, ...

I have fought many uber ua's and hit them for 80pts first hit (while they were raiding so I assume they are buffed). The problem with dagger is that the damage is variable, so one time you will hit for 15 next you will hit for 80.

But dagger aside, the template spends your experience in fewer attributes making your melee d, and magic considerably higher higher.

It is actually a quite fun template to play, and I rarely fight anyone who isnt ~10 levels higher then me, of course I always imperil them first. I have had many people laugh when I imperil them, then they attack with thier uber unarmed, they almost always run within 2 or 3 hits. Several high levels with a similiar template include Bad Habit, Manny Calavera, Droko, etc. Its not that uncommon.

The biggest flaw of all in your attributes is your 10 focus 80 self, instead of 80 focus 10 self.

Mana can be raised 2 ways, so starting with higher self than focus is a complete waste. More Focus = Higher Healing, Arcane, etc.

More Mana far more important than healing? I think not. I have one of the most gimped templates in all of Darktide, I have Specialized healing. But because of my 10 starting focus, it's only at 230 base at level 53. On today's templates, a nonspec has the same if not higher than me at my level.

My level 31 already has healing ~170 and Ive hardly touched it. The arcane is cheap and is up to 110 with no buffs (and I can buff it myself).

Im afraid I must disagree with you on that one.

You can do the spec life/item archer gig. but i would be sure to limit your experience to as few attributes as possible (why I like the dagger template). Strength will be a hassle in the beginning, this is why I recommend leveling with melee for about 10-20 levels.

Carrying arrows will suck until your strength is ~150, then you'll never touch strength again.

Ramon has a pretty good sho archer template, he had life 5's at 40, you could ask manny what the starting stats were (It was originally his).

55/10/100/10+*/100/20+*

distribute the other 35 stat. points between quickness and self depending on whether you want better magic and mana or better melee D and run skill.

spec life
train bow, item, critter, healing
melee D at 12, mana c. at 26

I guess another option would be to spec. critter to begin with as well although this would leave you without one of the above important skills until you reach something like 50.

I'm no expert on bows but this looks like a sound template to me.