Exactly. Hawkeye's pretty much the only archer in the MU, or at least the only one whose stuck around long enough to be recognized. Furthermore, he's pretty much definitively the BEST archer in the MU - , as you pointed out, he's good enough that even when his bow is broken, he can still use his arrows in combat. In contrast, there are at least a dozen or so ace martial artists in Marvel's stable of characters. Why take away the thing that makes Hawkeye unique and turn him into something generic?