Pure Bow vs Ancient Troll 

be patient, it's the most punishing class by far in the game as beside distracting shot you have no means of distancing yourself, it won't be like the other classes where you can just bruteforce you way into the game. I played dirwin as my first character without any knowledge pf the game whatsoever and learned most of the game's mechanics as an archer, yeah it's torture, especially when I finally decided to try a melee class with sword shield arna and just blitz through the early levels in like an hour compared to dirwin, but I like it the way that it is, it's rewarding, and I like the perks pf being able to hunt and skin my own animal kills, it's refreshing.

Use the Taking Aim skill. You should rarely miss. It is mandatory for bows and I wish the developers made that a bit clearer. Bodkin arrows/bolts give bonus accuracy. Stuff like boxes and enemies can block your shots so try not to shoot over them. In fact, I was only able to hit the Troll without aiming because of this interaction. He is large so he blocks my shots, which hit him instead of the ground where I was aiming.

thanks for that. i will pay more attention to the turain for sure. still nice to see it look so easy in your video haha. thanks @@imrocket_

The pathfinder skill and leveling up perception can both increase your vision range. Also the clear vision buff from an artifact.