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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ComradeGnull" data-source="post: 6006919" data-attributes="member: 6685694">Animal companions:  like the idea of this being optional rather than built-in for rangers and Druids.  I'd also like to see it as a tiered specialty that gave clerics, thieves, and other non-wizards the option of having a familiar-like companion.  So you have:Animal companion I:  small, non-combat pet that can perform limited recon, carry messages, pick up small things, etc (familiar)Animal companion II: larger, mount-like pet that can carry you and fight, but can't fight in combat without your direct supervision.Animal companion III: combat pet that can fight independentlyAnimal companion IV: flying independent combat mount- wyvern, gryphon, etc.Favored enemy:  This has always underwhelmed me as a defining trait for Rangers.  "Thanks to my experience with nature I... really hate totally unrelated creatures classed as Magical Beasts.". Um, ok.  Make this a feat-equivalent power with a pre-req of having fought and killed a certain number of creatures of this type. Give the ranger wilderness utility to match the thief's urban/dungeon crawl utility- improved overland travel speed, ability to forage food for the whole party, ambush detection in natural settings, the return of charming non-magical animals, etc.</blockquote>