The problem is that Vampires are supposed to be overpowered. If you balance them, then they are not vampires anymore and vampirism turns out to just be a bizarre feature.
You can't throw them in any game, just like that. You have to build the game around them. If the game is anything like the pen&paper RPG, that's what there will be in the upcoming World of Darkness MMO: only player characters with incredible powers (Vampires, (big-time) Werewolves, (big-time) Mages, ...) who will be balanced with each other.
My opinion is that there shouldn't be vampires walking among mere mortals in MO. Because they would be either overpowered, or balanced and ridiculous.
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