I'd like to see new zones that break from FFXI, because it's hard enough to convince people that this game isn't FFXI-2 (and thus completely ignoring it due to bad experiences with it or negative word of mouth) without the devs intentionally doing things like that. The races were already a big hurdle in that respect.
If you want to play FFXI, play FFXI and let FFXIV do its own thing. I think there are seeds of some spectacular sights hidden away in the somewhat repetitive zones now, if they built in some good landmarks in different spots to give each area a more distinct flavor, I think we'll have some awesome zones in the future.
