Question LoR??
For god sake no... but ranger was great there, and out of place anywhere else, the rngers were very specific, you don't see their role in many worlds, Scarred lands would allow for it, not forgotten, greyhawk, and so on...
fact is, traditions sometimes keep in the way, they could have done the most simple and important positions, leaving the rest for multiclass, and I saw many many multi classed...
We could have rnger and Paladin out, entering some core class that was the warrior and wilderness type... 'cause fighter can be rider very well, provided he got feats...