We already know that the design of Goblins (like the Goblin Thugs) from FFXI were carried over / enhanced for FFXIV. As I was going through some picture folders I have on my laptop, this came to mind:

Mamool Ja:


Amalj'aa:


Do you think it's possible that the development team could carry over some monster types from FFXI to FFXIV? So far they've done it with Treants, Raptors, Bombs, Crabs, Funguars, Cactuars, etc. Albiet they have redesigned Treants, Crabs, and Funguars...

And there are tons of different monster types from FFXI, too: http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/db/bestiary.html?mode=byfam

Yoshi-P has stated before that this game wanted to bring forth nostalgia from past games such as concepts and locations. So why not monsters? I made a thread a month and a half ago about monsters, though I did little to explain on that thread other than saying to bring back some of the beastmen from FFXI and possibly make them passive like the Goblins.

What are your thoughts, everyone?