Ratskinner
Adventurer
I still think we need to move further away from stat-stealing when shapeshifting. There need to be some specific abilities, bonuses and limitations that go with various "forms" of course, but on the whole it feels like now instead of simply ripping off full0blown monster stats, we're ripping off half-arsed monster stats.
Why can't wildshape be as simple as "Flight form: you take on the form of a bird of your choice within one size category of you, you gain flight at your speed, +2 dex, but -2 Str."
-There, now I can turn into just about any bird.
Having entirely separate stat blocks always felt unwieldy.
I've been feeling for a while now that wildshape should be a suite of spells rather than the unwieldy universal imbalancer that seems to be its native form. For example:
Flight of the Bird You and your equipment take the form of a small or medium bird species with which you are familiar. You take flight and remain in this form until you land, and then revert to your normal form. With the exception of gaining Flight <X>, your other statistics are not affected.
But, y'know, that's just me.