There's still the brute force method for those who are fortunate enough to have the time. Because of work, I'm at exactly 110 solo runs. You could probably double that when you are armed to the teeth. Counting the ones i've done with others, and with previous events, i'm at about 300 to 400 runs total.
Not nearly as much as others, but enough to know that there's a problem. That's why I agree with hidden. The growth on this server will be stunted and only the select lucky rich will conjugate.