Eight crashes per hour seems pretty excessive. I'm [un]lucky to get a few crashes per month, but then again I use Maya 2013 which I would argue is one of the most stable versions. I feel like with your crash rate you should at least be able to recognize a pattern that is leading to the crashes and establish a workaround or…
I have been using Maya 2015 for some time and the rate at which it crashes is astronomically high compared to the previous versions I have used (2012). I'm no stranger to going into the temp folder and resurrecting my file but 99% of the time the temp file itself crashes when opening. I can however open the file with Maya…
Hard to say. I've never encountered this. Assuming that those name clashes are actually a/the problem, what are you doing in you routine to make that happen? Importing scenes? Any notable plugins or scripts that may be doing the same, or automating some creation process?