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Okay so we are going into our third session of RotRL and our party is already lacking. I have decided to just go ahead and retire my Kensai Magus because with the party composition we were missing quite a few things aside from the dedicated damage dealer such as nature skills and a fix for the 2 tanks to hog precious space. The rest of the party consists of a Human Sacred Shield Paladin who will go Samurai at 5th, Dwarven Warpriest of Torag, Human Zen Archer Monk and Elven Arcanist. Initially the Warpriest and Kensai were going to be the damage dealers while the Paladin tanked and soaked up some damage when possible however the guy playing a Warpriest has decided he loves those AC numbers ALOT and began shifting his playstyle to tanking alongside the Paladin thus taking away my additional offensive support, and the Kensai can only maintain so much in the early game with a low AC so with the GMs permission I had went ahead and swapped out to a Switch-hitter Ranger, which is what I used when I played this campaign before because lets admit it, Rangers are GREAT for this campaign, though I only saw to most of Book 2 the first time around.
I thought to myself "I am set to take care of this" and then I started really digging into the Hunter, specifically a reach Hunter with a Primal Companion and the gears started turning with Teamwork feats and the fact that the 2 guys playing tanks like to get in the way when they dont mean to. So when they get in the way, they can potentially be boosting off flanks and AoO's. So what is everyones thoughts on this if I'm being clear. I do apologize if its messy but I just worked all night and its time for bed so hopefully I will return in 6 or so hours. Thanks in advance.
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It should be fine, you will have no difficulties through most of the adventure from Book 1 to half of book 5. Book 5 later half and Book 6, would prove challenging but then again, it's mostly because of how it works out for martial type of classes, but well by that time, your arcanist won't need to be babysit, which would end the game smoothly.
Shrug, it's really a matter of playstyle. Hunter probably works better as a buffer/front-line controller, while the ranger is much better for putting on the damage, from up close and from afar.
Considering you have three really good buffers though, I would also think about going Slayer for skills and damage. It can be pretty fun, you can even go Vanguard for Teamwork feat sharing!