That's mainly because the atk value displayed in game reflects STR based (melee) atk. There's no display for ranged atk values. Really, it's just more is better. Is it worth full gearing for dex? Probably not, but dex is a great ranger stat that I wish I had more of.

The way it worked on Live, arrow damage is additive to bow damage, divided by delay for ratio, quiver haste stacks with spell/worn haste, and double damage is calculated at the time the shot is fired, pending the NPC no movement, no root check passes. Having an odd number for double damage isn't a bug. It's due to decimal rounding. If you did 222.7 damage, it displays as 223, etc.

Pre-AA's, archery is lackluster and mostly a utility for pulling and the occasional solo expedition. Trueshot is great on a burn, but you want to ignore ratio, and go for the highest base damage bow when you use it.

Sadly, I don't think we will see rangers come to their full potential with a bow on this server without Endless Quiver and Archery Mastery.

Do you have any proof of this? I can't find a single example from live, and I am almost positive that it was not possible.

...why?

I always thought worn haste affected bows, not sure what Cecily means by it doesn't. That's a statement from the wiki, bows are affected just like regular melee, so having worn haste, spell haste, and quiver is the best scenario.

I mean it doesn't.

Windstriker w/ 40% worn haste (Swiftwind)
[Fri Jun 19 15:17:43 2015] You hit a bat for 233 points of damage.
[Fri Jun 19 15:17:49 2015] You hit a giant wasp drone for 203 points of damage.
6 second delay

Windstriker w/o worn haste
[Fri Jun 19 15:21:06 2015] You hit a giant wasp drone for 107 points of damage.
[Fri Jun 19 15:21:12 2015] You hit a bat for 59 points of damage.
6 second delay

Windstriker w/ 50% spell haste (Dark Cloak of the Sky)
[Fri Jun 19 15:43:33 2015] You hit orc legionnaire for 107 points of damage.
[Fri Jun 19 15:43:37 2015] You hit orc legionnaire for 83 points of damage.
4 second delay

That's a massive bug, no?

Hmm. I'm not sure now tbh. Consensus on the alla fleeting quiver page seems to be that haste items do work for bows.
Yeah that might be worth a bug report.