The second. But I'm afraid that it isn't gonna work because then the classes would be too similar. :/
Not necessarily. There are fewer classes to mash together, but it would be different. It would rage, get favored enemy bonuses, and sneak attack/skirmish, some all-day warlock abilities, etc. If you throw in some limited ability to cast spells while in a rage (maybe patch up Rage Mage a bit and toss it in there at later levels), it would be a fairly interesting class. Maybe not entirely effective, but since it has Ranger in there you could qualify for Sword of the Arcane Order as well as this thread's class can, and you'd already be getting ranger, hexblade, and warmage spells. Not a terrible mashup, unless there's no ability to cast while raging.