Substituting for Ancestry or Class feats?

[avatarless]

Is there anything to substitute a general feat for Ancestry or Class specific feats? Can class dedication archetypes replace a class feat?

For example, I'm theorycrafting a ranger build emphasizing two handed melee weapons (i.e. The Justicar) and I don't want any of the animal companion, two weapon fighting or ranged weapon because they don't fit my character concept. Sure I can pick something useless with regards to my character concept, but I'd rather not waste the feat slot.

Ideas?

[Odimeer]

From what I’m getting from this so far and I hope I’m wrong... too bad you can’t do that character as a ranger lol I do not believe that there is any kind of substitution for feet except for skill in general maybe so a general feet can pick up skills but beyond that I believe you were stuck with what your class canner what the archtypes can give you

[QuidEst]

Archetype feats are in place of class feats, so yes. Any time you have spare class feats, you should check out the archetype options.

[David knott 242]

What about the Monster Hunter feat?

[avatarless]

David knott 242 wrote:

What about the Monster Hunter feat?

The Monster Hunter feat chain is pretty much the only Ranger class feats which work for a two-handed melee ambush monster.

Granted this is a playtest and thus options are restricted for more thorough testing, but the Ranger either needs more class options to enable a two-handed wilderness melee special forces sort of ranger or archetype support or else a cross class dip via the fighter dedication.

Hopefully more class feat options will be added for all classes.