Why are Spellcasters not as well liked as Vampires/Werewolves?

Spellcasters are all very much the same. They didn't make any individual school of magic aspirations. You don't get to pick and choose abilities because it always forces you to have the previous before choosing the next. Curses are way too easy to get rid of. Spellcasters have beautiful CAS and BB and they're fun in a sandbox way so I can kind of design my own mages but I think there was a lot more they could do to flesh out the lore behind the gameplay to give us a guided journey.