My dream would be for ranger to not duel wield a weapon and instead utilize a torch in the offhand that provides modifiers and abilities. So many duel wield classes already and it would fit the wilderness theme.
Burn - Swing torch to apply DoT
Blinding Eye - Put torch in face of enemy causing disorient
Blackjack - Bludgeon the mob in the head to stun or interrupt
Burning Shot - Applies a fire effect to your next arrow
Since you would be given up an offhand slot and torches don't have stats, you could either make torches that drop off mobs that do have stats (but need to be refueled) or give rangers a passive bonus with a torch in offhand to make up for losing the stats.