Here is some good news that might come handy for VS progress:

September 8 Hotfixes
Beth'tilac
The hit points and damage done by drones and spiders in this encounter have been reduced by 10%.

Yeah, squishy spiders!

I saw that on the patch notes this morning and immediately felt warm in my pants.

I'm not sure those two phrases are as related as I would have liked.

The Firelands Nerfs are in effect and they do make a big difference. Beth should be alot easier, the adds are very managable now that you can kill them easier. Shannox is very survivalble and I think those of us that have done him before will notice the changes. Baelroc is very possible now, a little organization and he goes down nicely. Rhyo is fun, the adds do less damage, so that is more managable but steering him is still a challenge. The big bird is a bigger PITA than Major Domo but I have had no success on either one so I have no advice yet on how to defeat them. Never seen Rags yet.
The nerfs will make the encounters move more smoothly, I believe it will reduce the average raid time per boss allowing more content to be seen.

This is all conveniently timed for me to miss it do to going back to Israel. It's all a giant conspiracy man.

This is all conveniently timed for me to miss it do to going back to Israel. It's all a giant conspiracy man.

You know who else blamed the Jews?

Mad Max?

Conspiracy? What conspiracy?
(MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA)

You know who else blamed the Jews?

Have I been Godwinned in a VS thread? I think that's pretty epic. ;)