Quote Originally Posted by KokonoeAiyoko View Post
No. Crystal Tower is one instance, do you realize how many FF11 enemies that are literally taken from FF11 in this game?
Reusing monster designs from previous Final Fantasies is one of the things that actually connects the otherwise completely independent games to each other, and should be encouraged. All of us who are fans of the series see things like Behemoths, Tonberries, Morbols, and so on, and those help to give the game a Final Fantasy feel. Mandragora are a newer addition; they debuted in FFXI, but also appeared in FFXII and now FFXIV.

FFXIV also incorperates models from FFXII (such as the snapjaw alligator things) and FFXIII (a lot of Coil mobs are from there), and I consider this a positive thing. Just because it also happens to be convenient, as it cuts down on development time, doesn't change the fact that it's an age-old Final Fantasy tradition to reuse monster designs from previous games.