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@Mista Collins: One thing that came to mind... you should probably use the variant rules from UA for rangers without animal companion. ... or maybe not (see below).
That's a very good question, actually... I think I mixed something up there!
I know I have looked for replacements for the animal companion class feature before, and for some reason I thought I had seen it in UA, but you are absolutely right, of course. My bad!