I am really enjoying my bow bear. He's so durable. I really like that after playing a "squishy" enchantress.
That's what she said!

I personally don't like bow bears. I tried leveling a bowbear to about level 20 and I didn't really like it, I think they are overrated, especially after during the swamps when almost every bear was a bowbear and then after AO1 bears went to int or pure. Bowbears, I can' lie, are impressive in PvP but I don't like playing them since dex and int is supposed to be ranged and the skills a bear are close ranged except for a few. So basically you have to run in to use slash, which defeats the purpose of a bowbear.