Horwath
Legend
it's not the problem if they are ribbon abilities, problem is their reliability.Primeval Awareness is garbage.
The main problem with Ranger is that the 5e designers spent 90% of the class design time and focus of fighter, rogue, cleric, and wizard. So every other class was thrown out without the playtesting and spitballing they should have.
Nothing is wrong with Favored Enemy or Natural Explorer. They are ribbon abilities.
The issue is that Ranger doesn't have it's equivalent of Paladin's Lay On Hands. A nonribbon 1st level class feature.
As paladin, you can use divine sense few times a day when you thing you have a "hunch" about something. And even if you detect nothing, there is still benefit from a negative result. You know that you are (relatively) safe in current location from a specific threat.
Same with divine health. Although, depending on setting YMMV on how much saving throws you avoided vs diseases.