Hoard wait times are fair I think (It used to be an hour a level so the cap now isn't too bad)

While I personally wish the cap was 24 hours, 50 hours as a cap still isn't too bad. This is a wait-based game after-all.

'I'd support shorter hoard times if it also meant that item/PC finds would be lowered too.'

This is also very true. The higher level your pet is, the better your hoard finds especially with high slvl+high lvl+evolved pet/legendary pet. So patience is an absolute virtue. (Slow and steady wins the race as they say.)

This may also be me being used to phone games like Dragonvale and other such games that are similar which are also wait-based