Vile Maw V 2.0 has not seen that much action since book 7 was released. Between a new fight strat and the need for a full set of radiance gear it just has been an empty shell.
Some changes are coming for book 8 however. Not all details are in but Amlug did post about a reduction in radiance needed.
Finally, we lowered the Vile Maw gloom to 140 (from 150) so if you don’t mind the 40 gloom penalties, you can now enter with 50 radiance.
This should allow more players to get into VM and help their Kin’s beat this big squid. More info to come as we find it.