Quote Originally Posted by AppleNoob View Post
22-30 is dominated by mages because nobody has found a good cheap substitiute for the raw damage output monster called the forgotten bow which bears usually need to be good at pvp! If there was a new bow installed that gave good stats like the forgotten bow but was easy to farm we would see a resurgence in 22-30 bear population. But because you need to have a good amount of money to even manage to be in that zone nonetheless the skill required to beat the mages its just simply to hard for semi-ok pvpers to revitalize the bear population of 22-30! And please dont be rude if you think im wrong just merely point out your opinion
I think bears can match mages at level 25, however, the problem is that one build usually only works well against mages, but is only mediocre vs bears, and vice versa.

edit: slowing progress on the 22+ section due to vacation and a little summer work. However I am working my way up, and I have bears/mages 22-35.