You know the game is not balanced properly when...

[janave]

Fighter is fine, though I agree it is behind Paladin. Their greatest weakness is actually saving throws.

Sev~

One specific fighter build, maybe;
Otherwise absolutely not, whats the edge of Fighter? Feats? Most of which was outdated in 2009 and still the same today?

Fighter still requires specialization to be semi-competitive, where paladins and barbs can beat up stuff with anything, cast holy-sword on a wooden spoon and win. Dunno, at least rename it "Holy Weapon" if we can just cast it to any weapon?