Quote Originally Posted by CombatOwl View Post
12d6/round is 42/round on average. There are plenty of archery builds that far exceed that. The Deadly Aim feat alone will add 70 damage per round at level 20, and not available in 3.5e. You'd have a point if it was 42 per arrow in a full attack, but per round? No way. Even if you rolled all 6s, your bonus damage from that does not exceed the deadly aim feat all by itself.
I forgot Greater Manyshot and splitting, its 24d6/standard action to 4 targets with multi-designation possible. on a single target that is +344 damage/round

the other build is an arcane archer who uses spells like Fimbulwinter as a standard action to completely screw with their enemies.