I hate the gnew nome. Especially since its favoured class is Bard. Now I get experience penalties when I'm out of whack with my Illusionist and Ranger levels.
Not to mention that rangers still get the broken shaft. They're out-fought by fighters, out-rogued by rogues, and out-druided by druids. Really, shouldn't the ranger (as a varied class) be able to do all of these things better than the primary class the abilities are intended for?
Who ever heard of an archer ranger? Also the only reason they kept the TWF feat tree is because of all those Drizzt fanboys at WotC D&D design. I hate the d8 ranger etc ad nauseum.