If I was a pretty girl and I asked you what was special about you, you understand that I'm asking what is it that you can offer me that other guys can't. Your specialty is therefore what you can do that other people cannot do, or what you can do better. Rangers were special because they were the only ones who could do survival, then in 3e devs added the skill system which took what made the ranger special and made it available to everyone else, trivializing the Ranger. To compensate, devs gave rangers lame powers like animal companions which anyone can get b/c fantasy, and devs made rangers partial casters at early levels and whoopy for that. Who isn't a partial caster these days?
By comparison, the 5e Rogue can sneak attack for consistently more damage than rangers and rogues can also put expertise into survival. 5e Druids can cast good berry with a first level spell, 5e Clerics can create food and water (3rd level spell?), the 5e Outlander background can AUTOMATICALLY forage enough food for a party of 4 (or 5?). Furthermore, wilderness exploration is very non-present in 5e. Rangers suck because they don't have a specialty anymore. Also, who can describe what a ranger is without game mechanics? Can anyone even do that!
I recommend making the 5e Ranger a flavor or subclass of either Fighter or Rogue rather than it's own mid class. Alternatively, everyone play OSRIC instead. The SRD for OSRIC is free online. Seriously, for perspective, go read what it says a Ranger is compared to its other class options. You will see why ranger used to be special but now it isn't.
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