"Improved Empathic Link (Su): The pack lord gains an
empathic link with all of her animal companions. This
functions like an empathic link with a familiar. In addition,
as a swift action the pack lord can shift her perception to
one of her companions, allowing her to experience what it
sees, hears, and so on. She can maintain this connection
as long as she likes (as long as the companion is within 1
mile) and end it as a free action. The druid can only use
this ability on one companion at a time, and cannot see,
hear, or smell with her own body while maintaining this
connection. This ability replaces the 6th-level additional
use of wild shape." -UM
With out the "at 6th level" that almost every other features have, does this mean you get it at first? If not that seems really silly, since the ranger (beastmaster?) ability would kick in at the same level as the druid. Any official ruling on this? As far as I am concerned, with no level marker given, it should be a first level feature.