I think Cliff is a little more traditional thinking when it comes to effects or at least what types should be in the Axe. 90% of the available stuff is bread and butter and even the more obscure stuff that's in there, or can be created via complex routing, are things you could do with Eventides or Lexicons 20 years ago.
a lot of people around here have been wishing for more "different" fx (anyone remember the Frequency Shifter threads from yeasts ago?), but of course priorities often have to be on more pressing matters...