If you take away the pet, how much of the core base class is left? SV would have… traps? I think lone wolf cannot be an option. If lonewolf were to be added and become the go to for SV, I think SV as a whole would be a better fit in an entirely different class at that point.
We shouldn’t make hunter something it isn’t, which is one of the reasons why current SV already has so much controversy beyond its performance (it definitely needs help though).