Guardians are not warriors, they are very much a magical based class… they didn’t give guardians your standard physical damage ranged weapons because thats not what they are… think of a guardian being closer to what a Paladin is in many games then what a warrior is in most games, they are your protectors with the use of magic which is why even their melee weapons are big onto the magic side of controlling the field and not so much the physical side, heck one of your starting virtues is that every 5th weapon swing you do does fire damage.