It was considered exploiting to solo farm the top of eternal pool. I knew of people getting week long bans after farming the tentacle.

I personally like how late game content requires groups, despite it being sometimes annoyingly difficult to find them. I play on a low pop server (aarnivalkea) but those of us that are still there are constantly running elites so I'm ultimately unaffected by the fix. Chest runs or crafting are going to be your best bet if you're dedicated to pure solo gameplay.

(There's also a way up there from the west gate but it isn't risk free. You climb up the rocks to the left of the gate until you reach the bear, then run parallel with the tentacles along the right edge until you pass the staircase with 2 wolves and 3 angry earth, then block jump up the rocks until you reach the last tentacle.)

I'm pretty sure they said killing the tentacle itself was not considered exploiting. Killing the tentacle and forcing the spawn by getting far enough was what got people banned.

You can bypass bear wall, did it last night. I don’t believe you can get behind the tentacle anymore though on that cliff. Did not check was just going with a 5 man group to the arena.

Yes some other comment pointed out a route. Will try to see what is possible to do with it. Thanks for the feedback, appreciate it.

Nope, people are still exploiting it, just from a different position.