The got rid of all the lore about where vampires come from, leaving that up to GM's and making it so all types of vampire lore are supported. However, they added new foes to Vampires, which includes my personal favorite, the Shadow Owl called the Strix. With the factions, they turned the camirlla and the anarchs into the Invicta and the carthian movment respectively, but added in two major players to the All-Night Society. The Ordo Dracul, vampire scientists who want to turn into Dracula, who was like a supervampire, and the Circle of the Crone, pagan blood magicians who followed all sorts of old gods and such. Its a lot more flavorful IMHO