3) yes, summon and pets shouldn' follow you in hide
OK, now Im srsly looking forward H5. This bug makes hide pretty much useless.
4)yes, ask tazman,ifroz,shandy,imoir, and 90% of AFL etc,etc,etc they can explain you very well
well, I thought about ranger but since Im not sure how it even works I didnt make any accusation

they were at the respawn, or they were killing you in respawn? because isn't the same. They can kill you from towers or from up without any problem
yes, they got physically into our respawn place - the whole party was on our spawn (I can provide screenshots if its geodata abuse or sth.)
btw. I pretty sure you cant be killed from up as long as you dont move since respawn point is exactly under the bridge, the only way to kill is from tower.