i am using arch mostly as a server os and it works very well.
if you want to quickly setup a working desktop i can recommend antergos.com, its essentially arch with a nice installer.
I love Arch, but bleeding-edge always intimidates me a bit for a production server. Plus, I've been using OpenBSD for servers since before I knew Arch, so I already have that flexibility (and makepkg is really based on BSD ports).
OTOH, I can't recommend Arch as a desktop OS enough!
OTOH, I can't recommend Arch as a desktop OS enough!