V5 is not bad in itself, the elements people cry about the most were introduce to fix problems in the setting that people have been crying about since forever.

-Tremere pyramid; people wanted to have blood magic, but not be bound to an obviously retarded power structure that only the tremere player would really care about and just annoy other players

-beckoning; vampire politics was literally a mmo where the longest you've been around the more powerful you were and there was no mobility at all, getting some of the oldfarts out allows for a vacuum of power and subsequent power struggles between people on a more equal footing.

-second inquisition; vampires controlled everything, the masquerade was a suggestion, it was x-men at night, now vampires are scared and hiding again, personal horror is back and you gave an excuse to not let your players use cellphpnes to solve all plots

Rules for feeding and frenzy are better, the usage of disciplines are better.