I've noticed everyone is confused about why there are so many minions on the field now and why people are leveling up so fast (thats actually a result of there being so many minions). The only reason for this is because the default settings now have Spawn Rate set as Fast. No idea why its like that, but just make sure you put the settings to "Normal" and you will find nothing has changed with the minoins from the last Beta (2C). Maybe they wanted us to try out the settings as Spawn Rate: Fast or was just a mistake, but I dont think the default settings should be like that.
Anyway just clearing up the confusion...I was really dissapointed with the change and didnt find out about the default settings till Frogboy hinted it out in a topic..