No more Essence of the Abyss & Lich Born as of latest patch.

Reference: 2.267.367.257

As of the latest patch, Essences within Abysses don't contain Essences of the Abyss anymore and Rogue Exiles do not turn into Lich Borns either.

I had hit happening a couple of times initially after the patch and thought maybe they were slightly "out of border", but now it happened multiple times, even with the Rogue Exiles or Essences being directly in the middle of the abysses.

Update:

I paid close attention, and neither mechanic happened at all since 0.3.0b

Here's some screenshots:


Rogue Exile dying in Abyss - No lich born spawn


Essence in the middle of abyss - No Essence of the Abyss


Edit:

Another example of no Essence of the Abyss

I can definitely say I have had the same thing happen with essences.

Can confirm. Was running rogue exiles and essences all day to test it.
2 Rogue exiles spawned right next to abyss and did not turn into lich born.