I disagree with this thread. One of THE BIGGEST things that hooked me on FFXIV was the fact that they brought back alot of the same monsters and etc from FFXI. Since FFXI was my first MMO and i hadn't played it since 2004 (over 10 years ago), seeing the familiar old monsters witha slight graphical upgrade was a piece of nostalgic heaven for me. I loved it!! And i continue to love the direction that they've gone with bringing some of these more memorable monsters back and even giving them to us as pets. I feel that SE has done some amazing work with this game, so i can't agree with the complaint that these are just "re-hashed assets". Sorry.