I left feedback on the alpha forums that perhaps a change to Aspect of the Eagle would work to fix this identity crisis? Allowing us to half the time be at ranged and half at melee by just swapping the abilities and allowing us to auto attack with our mini crossbow using Spear weapon damage. Raptor strike -> arcane shot, Muzzle -> Counter Shot, Carve -> Multi Shot. That would allow them to keep Survival mostly melee, but when we need to go ranged for an encounter (say 30 seconds every 1-2 minutes) we could.
Essentially this would be a huge rework. But if they make it so our Raptor Strike affecting talents work with Arcane Shot, it could solve a lot of issues.