Lack of Final Fantasy allusions in Adoulin

[Edyth]

Is anyone else disappointed by the lack of Final Fantasy allusions in Adoulin?

I know "too much originality" is an odd complaint, but one of the exciting things about FF is seeing the same things reappear in many of the games.

Looking at the last 3 major expansions, we had:

AU: Odin, Alexander, Lamiae, Trolls, Blue Mage, White Wind, doll-like automatons, Calcobrena name option for puppet, Gambler-type job, flans, hydras, khimairas, Cerberus, imps, vampyrs, a ship graveyard, chocobo racing, chocobo breeding, Chocobo Circuit, Magic Hammer, soulflayers, Mind Blast, etc.

WotG: Cait Sith, Atomos, Dancer, Scholar, Laila who talks like Leila from FFII, Dark Ixion, pixies, Faerie, sandworms, rafflesias that look like ochus, etc.

Adoulin: Dullahans, Hades, lifestream, Geomancer, handbells

I want to note that GEO bears no resemblance to the classic GEO, and the lifestream amounts to nothing more than a conversation point in GEO quests.

Paying homage to other FF games is something I feel like this is one of the few things FFXIV is doing better than XI right now. I personally got extremely excited at the first mention of Hades in Adoulin missions. I'd like to see more of that excitement ahead in Adoulin.

[Selindrile]

Hades: Next summon after Atomos, coming 2021.

[JustAnotherJosh]

Don't forget the Big Bridge! Or the quests involving Cid's son, Midras! I also always personally thought the Gabbrath species name was a bit of a subtle allusion to Gabranth, what with the horns and whatnot. There was a bit of a nod to a certain ffvi character in one of the most recent missions, too. That all being said... I really do love the allusions that ffxi often makes to other games in the series, and I certainly wouldn't mind if the development team managed to work in a few more of them down the line too.

[Draylo]

Don't forget the Big Bridge! Or the quests involving Cid's son, Midras! I also always personally thought the Gabbrath species name was a bit of a subtle allusion to Gabranth, what with the horns and whatnot. There was a bit of a nod to a certain ffvi character in one of the most recent missions, too. That all being said... I really do love the allusions that ffxi often makes to other games in the series, and I certainly wouldn't mind if the development team managed to work in a few more of them down the line too.

Spoilers!!!

[Edyth]

That's right, I forgot about Midras/Mid and Big Bridge. Sadly, that Big Bridge is never going to be used the way it should.

[Lithera]

I'm trying hard to think of post game nods in the current expansion, but can't at the moment. They did tip their hats off to two other nerd worthy things in the post fight CS.