I'm starting to think you kill a lot of animal companions in your campaigns, Kane0.
It's not so much the difference that's the issue, it's the fact that a beastmaster without a beast is pretty much just as effective as the hunter :/
Like he said, the beast deals seven points of damage. And if you look a the current table (far left) if you remove 7 damage from the Beastmaster, you get the same numbers as the Hunter. That's just not cool, in any way shape or form.
Frenzy barbarian? Is that one of those non-existing builds, like Hexblade, Mystic and Lore Wizard?
Looking at the context, 22 is an outlier. And yes, I know the Base Damage document is unfinished, I've been busy.
P.S. Did you guys even read what I wrote below the tables in the document?
EDIT: I'm off to watch a movie with the missus before bed. I hope that over the last few hours we've managed to change the Ranger to the better. <3