Guild Wars 2

Well, Norn get to fuse with spirits of nature, So why not have the range be able to shift too?

Wild shape

-Gain a new skill set corrisponding to the currently active pet
-Puts pet swap in cooldown until duration has finished

So for instance, when you become a bear, you get mauling/Tanky like skills for a short duration.

Becoming a spider gives you massive nets/immobles and poison.

Becoming a feline allows you stealth and massive burst/bleeding damage potential

Etc, The skill set could be modified versions of the pets ones as well! that way you could essentially gain improved drake abilities, or other such things.

The Nature magic tree seems lacking imo, But this would give us that “Druidic” feel that some people want!

For balance, you could have it be a fusion of you and your pet, so your pet goes away for the duration, but you become a rampaging hulk of beast.

actually when i heard the rampage as one elite, i thought the ranger and his/her pet will fuse to deal a massive damage, nevertheless, i like your idea.

i really like the idea of having a nature magic tree as well, personally though i would like to be able to use a staff as a ranger. to make it feel different from the staffs of other classes it could be melee ranged , and would focus around building up plants or using animal spirits to attack.

Pretty much the norn specific elites. Its a cool idea and I really like the idea of having a staff for a more “druid” feel. Retune the spirit utilities and change the shout utilities to something more druid.

Better than the GW1 Elite which was…wait for it… BARRAGE! That skill was pretty OP at the time xD