Fair I guess, though this might be better explored on a thread about issues of originality, balance, flavor, and function that rogues face generally. I'm not sure how the topic of rangers pushing rogues to the side came up, but I don't know how relevant that is to what I'm trying to say.
I agree it’s a bit of a digression, but I thought there was enough overlap to make it worth discussing in the same thread rather than creating a new one about rangers that could end up covering similar points (and while we’ve been comparing with rogues to help judge the overall balance, it is about rangers rather than rogues). Happy to take it elsewhere, but I do think it’s linked it’s helped clarify the rationale for TomReneth’s view that the starting abilities rangers get as a result of choosing a FE might in some lights be considered too much rather than too little.
In contrast my position, I think, is that they’re at the right sort of level to add flavour and some situational benefit without being too much. But I’m going to think more on his last response and give a more considered reply, and I can easily do that in another thread if you want to keep this one tightly focused on your point about favoured enemies.
