I was there about 20 minutes ago along with a group of other PCs trying to jump onto the dead plant. We could get up on to the top of it and a couple of lucky people were able to jump from there onto the nearby rock beginning the jumping puzzle – how they managed it, I don’t know, but I guess with perseverance anyone can manage it.
That said, whilst we were there we had a message flash up on our screens that said:
“This content has been temporarily disabled, Please try again later.”
So I guess ANet have started to let players know. Fingers crossed the plant returns to life soon though.