It's not me who disagrees, but Blizzard - seeing how much stuff drops for hunters in instance runs has to make you wonder if it's their way of apologising for making such a useless class
Hunter in WoW is fairly equivalent to hunter in LotRo, at least more than any other class is. The only real similarity is that they both use bows, and that's fairly irrelevant if you choose to load up with a rifle instead. You won't be able to teleport around the world, and you can tame all manner of beasties for whatever you deem necessary behind closed doors.
Edit: Just to clarify, I actually have a soft spot for hunters. I play a ret paladin by nature, and they're just so squishy and easy to kill that crossing paths with Alliance hunters always brings a smile to my face. Plus, they're not death knights.