Quote Originally Posted by ReynTime View Post
And recycling palette-swapped "races" for societies/expansion npcs as "new"
They aren't necessarily meant to be new btw. I remember a mention in the MSQ about the Hanu Hanu's relation to the ones in the Sea of Clouds. They are more like distant cousins.
The most disappointing thing about every new expansion they add is how 90% of the monsters are the same set over and over with different textures in spite of supposed to be very different biomes and the lore trying to convince me it's a whole region that's so very different to Eorzea.
Well maybe but it's not uncommon in real life to find similar relatives in other countries, such as birds, spiders or many other common creatures. Sometimes they have differences, which can just be in color. They've frequently given us new cactuars though.

Some of the actual lore is that things came from the New World so they made sure to put them there (Mamool Ja obviously). Just like how they put Adamantoise in Thavnair for lore reasons.

There are plenty of new creatures.