From a DM perspective what 5e needs is creature templates like from 3.5. A way to instantly flavor encounters would be super useful.
From a player perspective, Spirit Shaman would make a nice class option to have again.

Daggerheart ver.1.3 made some pretty significant changes. I get the feeling there are several mechanics they have backups for based on community feedback. I think they have several iterations of their system and are intelligently using their future player base to pin down what works best over all. That being said it makes it tough to sandbag any content for it.
Don't worry I have "A Plan"™

Hi folks, this is Matt. A long time friend of the show has been running a Kickstarter for a while that we somehow completely missed! Basic backer price is super reasonable. Please take a look and see if it's your style.

Been examining the Daggerheart beta, I'm oute several minds about it. There are things I love ,cooperative world building built in, character creation including ways to tie PCs together from the start, the ebb and flow initiative method as some examples.
My biggest gripes are flavor based from the names of a couple lineages to how vanilla so much of it seems. Don't get me wrong I understand it's a game based on cooperative world building not filling in too many details is important, but I'm hoping a great deal of the flavor text will come with a finished product.