So do you see the problem here? You talk about your “fellow hunters” and bemoan the fact that most Hunters don’t like the spec, yet you didn’t actually play a Hunter until SV was melee and you came from a melee class. Sure, you think it’s great that Hunters have a melee option and you don’t want to see it removed… but you’re a melee player.
One of the reasons many Hunters don’t like SV is because of this sort of thing; they removed a spec many Hunters like to chase an audience of melee players like you. That, and this so-called “variation” you speak of is just taking the strongest selling point (ranged weapons) away from one of the specs; the one that’s meant to be about resourcefulness, no less. That’s like if they took Stealth away from a Rogue spec to add “variety” in the form of a Rogue that confronts people in the open rather than hiding away. After all, some Warriors might like that idea.