those abilities seem a little useless... the only time I can see it being useful is when your stacked up in a dungeon of some sort and only the first 1 or two people in the stack are able to melee.
sure there are a few bonuses like the mercy arrow or something... but other than that the class seems week.... then again I play rangers almost exclusively so i may try some other ranged classes in order to shake things up.
Our group runs modules and APs - which means rarely are we in open spaces and regularly in more confined areas for battles.
Even with that the group likes to set up ambushes where the "snipers" are off and hidden together and the magic users in another area to provide interlinking zones of fire.
So it has proven to be very useful in ever campaign that a Divine hunter has been in. The value is found more in how the group likes to play, as is any archetype. :)
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Read the guide I posted, it will help a lot.
You really don't need a build after reading that, it's pretty much all there.
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For the record, anyone would rather take leadership than boon companion. Or any other feat for that matter. It gives you the action economy of the perfect support character for your build, without costing party XP.
But most GMs don't allow that feat; because it involves 1 player with 2 characters.
But even if the companion isn't amazing, it's free. I never buff it; usually I use bears and wolves and try to get it combat manuevering out, and while no fighter, they soak some damage. If they die they are easily replaced, unlike party members :).
And again, until you get Improved Precise, about half of shot are at -4 for archers. And rangers/zens get those far earlier. I tend to prefer rangers for more skill points / cheaper armor enhancements / free mediocre tank / for some reason every zen I've ever seen looks better on paper than they play out.
As to bard archers, I generally feel evangalists with the feather domain (also get the animal companion) far outdo them at everything they want to do in life (aside from skill monkeying). Full caster, buff songs, and better saves.
For the record, anyone would rather take leadership than boon companion.
Right, in fact there is nothing stopping you from taking both. Except the GM, I've never been in a game where leadership was allowed.