the 5 second timer is because the health downgrade, and the facyt that they can be killed solo now, they could before, ive done it, they only made it easier. if they kept the same drop rate and spawned at the rate they do, that would be an insane amount of myth and soldiery. giving the same rewards with the insanely fast respawn times is the stupidest thing ive heard about the hunts. the reason they spawn so fast is that they dont have those rewards, and the only reason to kill them would be for the weekly hunt.

not to mention that, in general, the community is a lot nicer concerning hunts. if you go to a region and shout for a hunt location, someone will see it and tell you, and theres no real rush to get it. yesterday, i teamed up with a monk and killed the white joiker in a few seconds. everybody is nicer about the hunt. everything improved, except for the people who relied on the B ranks.