What are some classes you find D&D does better than Pathfinder? (In terms of fantasy, not balance)
DISCLAIMER: I'm talking specifically fantasy, I really don't think there's anything balance-related that D&D does better, but that's a topic for another post, pls don't downvote this post If you disagree.
For me, the artificer and druid of D&D are miles better.
Artificer needs no introduction, it's actually a gadget focused class that feels like an inventor, also the use of spells to mimic tecnology is a very clever shot, ofc It can't be done on PF because of the 4 traditions and none of them fit with the inventor thematically. But If It simply had more focus on gadgets, If unstable had some scaling like focus or If It were focus.
The druid is mostly because it's subclasses are... Disapointing. Their not bad, but the things you gain from it don't change the gameplay enougth. (I know there are exceptions, but an exception isn't the norm), the D&D druid has so many interesting Things on the subclass, like the blight druid corrupting an area of the Battlefield and having feats to interact with the corrupted area, or the spore druid having a damage aura, temporary HP and more melee damage, making It a gished caster.
And not only the concept of the subclass mechanics, but their themes as well are so much more interesting, PF has flame, storm, Stone, ocean. D&D has moon, spores, blight, dreams. It breaks the boundary of what counts as "Nature". The blight druid is an evil druid that corrupts nature, dream druid is a druid tuned to the fey in addition to nature.