Empty Map Bug after Death Still Present in Expeditions

I know GGG is aware of (and has fixed?) the bug where you die on the boss and then respawn into an empty map. This bug still happens in expeditions. I spawned an expedition with Olroth. I killed Olroth and exited, then immediately died on a big pack of monsters outside. When I respawned, I respawned at the Olroth underground checkpoint. When I left to the main expedition map, the entire thing was empty.

Also, volatile plants rare mod does an insane amount of damage, both at end game and in the campaign. They also spawn the purple balls WAAAY too fast (at least in the campaign where you have no chaos res whatsoever). They act as total area denial for a real melee class. I'm sure they are trivial for a range class, but as melee, they are boring, stupid, and irritating.