I honestly think they could keep survival as melee, if they introduced “Dark Ranger” as a 4th spec.
And has most of it’s abilities apply dots, with a permanent crows going whenever they attacked, and spiders applying venom in swarms, and had some cool cloaking effects and the ability to teleport short distances “invisibly”.
Black arrow could make a return and most of their pets could be shadow based. A more modern updated version of the old survival hunter with a new motif and cool aesthetic.
That I could see, and it would fit the expansion, as we are going to the shadowlands… what better time than then to introduce the dark ranger to hunters? (Survival ranged 2.0)
Could even make their traps apply bleeds, fire, poison, shadow damage, etc.
Sounds good to me