Something like a vespid or a griffon, with multiple attacks that don't require melee range. For a pure ranger, your pet is a very large chunk of your dps, and i can't count the number of times my pet dies, only to be resummoned using the instant summon ability, only to die again because of novas, aoe, and boss cleaves (pets are too dumb to figure out attacking from behind more than 70% of the time).
A vespid darter style with 2 ranged air attacks, and a small spread aoe (hits target, can hit 2 nearby targets as well) would be perfect to place very high in the ranger soul, above 40 points.
Alternately, a griffon type (smaller of course) with 2 standard single target attacks and a limited range cone would be nice as well, if all of its attacks had a semi-short range (maybe 15 yards), to prevent it from aggroing additional mobs past your targets.
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