Hunter VS Divine Hound VS Sacred Huntsmaster

[Sanguine_Slayer]

Hey, I've been playing this game off and on for the past months. I always play the tutorial, but before I complete it, I get new idea for a new character and start anew. I'm determined to complete the game to the end. The concept I have is a roaming religious character with his pet dog getting roped into the story. So, I've narrowed down his class to 3: the base hunter, the divine hound archetype, and the sacred huntsmaster inquisitor. However, I'm struggling to pick which class to run. Can you help me decide the class that best help me fit my concept? I thank you in advance for your time and advice.

[Razer]

Divine Hound is best. Awesome class. Pick dog over wolf. The class is awesome because of how strong judgement is. And with divine hound your judgement applies to both you and the dog!

I have the same issue with class picking. Always new ideas. I have so many unfinished playthroughs because of it. ;)

[Deo]

This is from metagaming perspective, I am not much of a roleplayer.

Base Hunter is inferior compared to his archetypes. Not much to say.

Divine Hound is ok. You get Outflank as soon as lvl 2, and share it with your pet at lvl 3. You get a best pet, which is a dog (overbuffed with last patch, downright overpowered). You get Judgements which are welcome and permanent with mythic. You keep spell casting and Hunter Tactics, which is great (since pets are feat starved). You get no Animal Focus, which could further buff your pet and yourself with attributes.

As a Sacred Huntsmaster you lose Judgements, which is bad. You gain Favoured Enemy, which is welcome. You get Bane and spellcasting which is nice. Plus hunter tactics will help your pet with feat economy.

A religious would be Divine Hunter. He is not as powerful as other two - he is more like base Hunter, but with domains (kinda like Cleric but more nature-themed).