Anyone else bored by Cait Sith?

[SuperFlorinjin]

For the repeated heroic sacrifices, I'm chalking it up to the fact this is a Japanese game. Even though the setting is quite Western (I think? Ul'dah definitely is... and Ishgard is quite English... the other two I'm not too sure),

Pretty sure Ishgard is actually more French than English.

[Cilia]

I thought that. For a long time, actually. Maybe nearly drove myself crazy turning the idea over in my head and asking myself if the problem is just that I'm too naive and selfish to understand the nobility of it all.

...

But hoo, boy did we take that in a dark direction. Cait Sith will be fine. I'm actually hoping he pulls a Reeve out of his proverbial hat and fakes us out with a, "You didn't think that was my main body, did you?" gag.

I could go on, but to keep it concise: having works that criticize and question social issues doesn't mean they aren't present (or: American works often criticize our materialism, yet it remains almost blatantly obvious).

Like I said earlier, I'm holding my breath with Cait Sith. I expect him to die, but I will be pleasantly surprised if that expectation is betrayed.

Pretty sure Ishgard is actually more French than English.

Kind of beside the point...

[Fenral]

I could go on, but to keep it concise: having works that criticize and question social issues doesn't mean they aren't present

There's... a desire for change there, is all I meant. I keep clinging on to the moments in FFXIV that trigger my "Isn't this actually pretty [kupo]ed up?" alarms hoping that the director is just playing the long game.

But anyway...

[Rocl]

What other NPCs have actually traversed dungeons with us outside of Cait Sith? Surito Carlito? Cid? Cait Sith deserves a lot more respect than y'all give him, for real.

Alphinaud and Aymeric also took part in the Sohr Khai trial but like, we didn't see them. Cait Sith walking around giving us a sightseeing tour, man.

[MonochromeMadame]

I like her character model in this one.

[Aillith]

I'm really hoping for a plot twist to cait.

A betrayal of some type is typically what i expect. Perhaps it could be a betrayal for a well meaning cause?

Perhaps he has someone trapped in the void he intends to save and needed us to get the nullstone so he could do it?

[Nalien]

Perhaps he has someone trapped in the void he intends to save and needed us to get the nullstone so he could do it?

He doesn't (yet), but we sure as hell do... Why we're not busting open Crystal Tower, ignoring G'hara, and jumping back into the World of Darkness to save Unei by Nullstone-blasting Cloud of Dankness, I'm not quite sure...

I guess that's pretty much why something bad is going to have to happen... No way is the Nullstone just going to happily remain in our possession after the Shadow of Mhach is finished up... Either it, or its wielder, will be gone by the end...

[Alaltus]

Pretty sure Ishgard is actually more French than English.

If Ishgard are the french then Dravania are the english. =P

[Fenral]

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Can this please end with Nero finding the Nullstone, setting up an arc for him about reclaiming the Crystal Tower, chastising G'raha, and pulling Unei (plus Doga) out of the Void in 4.0? Pretty please?

[Kotemon]

In FFXIV, Cait Sith is a he, in XI Cait Sith was a she. I can see the confusion.

It depends on the writing. Was a male controlling a robot FF7. In XI I'm almost certain that each one of the individual variants of Cait Sith was their own gender with overlapping mannerisms. Until one big Cait Sith climbed out of Atomos after swallowing the remaining ones.

In XIV, I can't quite tell because it is a very updated version of the model used in XI. Hence why the eyelashes, throw me off because the minion does look more girly with them. While the NPC is about as ambiguous as the models used for dragons and other beast races. Although to be honest I'm hoping they don't do a twist ending and have the cat being a voidsent in disguise the whole time. With this being a power play among the voidsent, she/he is wearing a crown. Otherwise I hope Cait Sith is still around after the story. That Lalafell may still need something to bear hug every now and then.