James Gasik
We don't talk about Pun-Pun
I don't know, I think the base class should be more interesting; you shouldn't have to get all your flavor and interesting abilities from your subclass (at least not until WotC starts expanding subclasses so you get abilities more often from them).IMO fighters are another class that, like paladin, need tinkering rather than significant changes. There is a nice balance of simple options and more complicated ones, with sub-classes like Battlemaster widely considered top tier choices.
I think most of the work in fighters should happen at the sub-class level. Weapon specialization is an old school skill that I think could be brought back as a class feature, though with something more imaginative than a simple hit/damage bonus.