Same issue here.
Anyway, my class is ranger, with the antelope. I chose between druid and ranger, mostly because of shape****ing and the animal companion. I especially liked how you were supposed to coordinate attacks with your animal companion. I haven't really seen anything of this yet (lv5), but it is still a fun class. I don't care about powergaming, so the fact that other classes are more powerful doesn't bother me. It is good enough for me, which is all I care about.