I've never even played one. I've bought all my guitars based on looks and so far I haven't regretted my choices. But I'm sure I'd probably prefer the RG shape too but I'd still like to have one just to say I have. Apparantly, the access to the high frets isn't that great on V's so I'd probably get pissed off with that pretty quickly.
I can imagine. I even have trouble hitting the 24th fret on my RG770 because of the original Ibanez neck joint. It's the only thing that stops me feeling like it's the perfect guitar. Except the ghey white volume knobs.