I also agree here, spawnrates feel higher than they were, it takes ages to complete a small part of a quest cause every dig or every 20 seconds, some ocean crawlers and an army of skellies appear, and a handful of phantoms if i'm really lucky!
And it may just be me, but i've noticed an army of skeletons is also more of a threat now, especially if you get swarmed. They kept slapping me out of my sword combo, and stunning me, when i got back into the game the other day, so a whole group around you makes it very difficult to say the least!