D&D 5E Is WotC over-thinking the Ranger?

[CapnZapp]

Every other class gets a combat feature at 1st level. Why doesn't the ranger? The majority of D&D players responding to surveys think the ranger is underpowered, and anecdotally, many of us had the same reaction to to the ranger only, while not seeing any problem with any other class. If it takes that much more work or imagination or DM cooperation to play the class properly as opposed to other classes, that is a failure of game design. Again, players are experts on their own gaming experience, so if you are happy with the ranger, that's awesome for you, but perception of this problem is widespread, and we need a fix for our own games at the very least.

but...

you get it at level 2, so no big deal.

Yes, the class could need a few tweaks, but "combat feature at 1st level" is very low on my list.