The extra XP is a welcome. I would love to see something to shake up the lava method meta though for higher levels, bit of variety for the long stretch!
If you don't mind racking up some Daeyalt Essence, would advise giving Ourania Altar + Colossal Pouch a look, it's super competitive with solo lavas (though a little less fun imo) if you're not fussed about the time lost by mining the Daeyalt Essence. For me, I'd mine Daeyalt when I otherwise wouldn't have been logged in, so the time loss wasn't really relevant!