Weighted Axe + Bow probably means you're going THREE slots with NO STATS. Just MR debuff and most of your problems will be solved.
Primary - weighted axe (no stats)
Secondary - empty (no stats)
Ranged - Most peoples bows (no stats)
Arrows are finite. In a large pvp battle, you'll run out of arrows in a couple of minutes. The problem all these <Apex> people are complaining about solves itself in a couple of minutes. Think about that.
This has made the barrier to entry into endgame pvp much easier, allowing new player to participate without requiring multiple years of uncontested ToV gear farming and a legacy character to compete.
Changing this heavily favors <Apex> and nobody else. (the people who've made multiple threads on it) They mostly just log in for raids, and have never accepted or pushed for rules changes that don't directly benefit themselves.
A great example of this is how they pulled out of RED UN. They like when others get punished but when they start screwing up training peoples raids, they refuse to cooperate or take responsibility. The toxic people you hear about on Blue. It's <Apex>