| Anger Nogar |
Disclaimer: The build bellow has a few rules assumptions that might not be 100% legal, but for the purposes of the discussion please accept that it is the DM opinion on the matter and we are working with it.
Assumptions:
1. Picking Animal Ally before receiving a Mount animal companion from another source allows you to stack your Animal (Ally) Companion levels from the feat with the Mount Animal Companion levels from the second source.
2. After the character has divided his total animal companion levels into two different animal companions as per the packmaster feature - one of them can be enhanced by boon companion provided none results in an animal companion with higher effective druid level than the character level.
In other words the assumption is that a Standard Bearer Cavalier 5/Packmaster Hunter 1 who picks his animal ally feat before receiving his mount or animal companion from class levels and picks the boon companion feat ends up with 2 full progression animal companions.
In need an advice regarding the following:
1. What cavalier order will be good for a mount focused character?
2. Is it good idea for the character himself to specialise in melee combat or it's better to focus on shooting for versatility?
3. What is the most optimal character progression from that point forwards? A) Sticking with packmaster for teamwork feats, animal focus progression and limited spellcasting, B) going into mamooth rider for the companion bonuses, C) picking a single level in mamooth rider for the initial bonuses and then going back to huntmaster or D) something else?