The estinian scenario was especially silly when he wasn't even dodging, just standing there doing nothing. Cid i feel had potential to be a great character but his demeanor towards his former nation makes no sense, I believe he mentioned in the ivalice questline that he "doesn't let the love for his nation blind him to the faults" see that right there would make for a good thing to explore and the duality of doing 'whats right' even though most of his own people are against him. There definitely would be some racism towards garleans on the eorzea side because that would make sense but cid is just there, no conflict from anyone and he doesn't even feel slightly guilty at the idea of abandoning his home land and even if he didn't that part of his character isn't explored either, he's an unnatural character to me, more of a plot device.