Fixed some of those.
In reality, the only fan-service elements that are unique imports to FFXIV are the magitek armor (which is an exact replication of the FFVI design.. for better or worse) and the Crystal Tower, and Amon, who are both generic enough that they can seamlessly fit into the lore of this world.
EDIT, I forgot about Materia... which is certainly a wholesale import from FFVII.
Overall, I'm happy with the measured amount of fan-service. FFXIV is still its own game, and as long as the devs don't get too carried away in the future, it should be ok.
