About the monster respawn : There are rumors that this high amount of "spawning" had been included after including the german mag "Gamestar" into the Beta-Test. It might've been their wish, I fear. Well, you know how to treat rumors ... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
Ascaron *might* reduce it; it is on theior bug-fixing list.