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Although they are better than their previous incarnations, rangers (along with alchemist) seem to be the weakest of the core classes.

Let's start with their subclasses: the edges.
Precision is a far weaker sneak attack.
Flurry is the only good one but fighters can poach it at lvl 10 with agile grace.
Outwit is infamously bad.

Now let's go over their feat trees which there are a few:
* Animal Companion, their animal companion scales 2 levels slower than druids or anyone who takes the beastmaster dedication.
* Recall Knowledge, thaumaturges do the 'monster hunter' gimmick far better.
* Focus Spells are some of the weakest I've seen and don't really do much (gravity weapon is a joke).
* Hunted Shot & Twin Takedown are alright but monks can do the same with flurry and don't have to spend an action setting up hunting prey, they also get stances which give strong unarmed attacks (d8 or better) which ranger cannot get due to needing to dual wield or use a bow.
* They also get the worst AoO.

Sorry if this comes as bait, I'm just upset how rangers gotten basically nothing from the remaster & Howl of the Wilds.

I think Divine Access should be built into the chassis.
Divine spell list is underwhelming and divine access feels too much like a tax imo.

I personally think the implements are poorly balanced. Most of the Thaumaturges I've seen tend to pick the same combo; Tome and Regalia or Weapon. These three I feel boost what the Thaumaturge is already good at while the other implements not as much.

Tome (plus the already talked about diverse lore) completely eats the Investigator's lunch.

Regalia provides too many benefits for a 24/7 always on ability imo.

Weapon simply is the only way in-class to get an AoO.

All the other implements only provide niche benefits and/or are too action cost dependent (bless you, mirror my love) to be viable.