Anyone else bored by Cait Sith?

[Jonnycbad]

In FFXI she had a big personality and a particular manner of speech. I know it's a completely different character in XIV (despite being the same model) ... but she just seems so....boring.

[Cilia]

Pretty sure Cait Sith is a dude... assuming Cait Sith has a sexual identity.

... and no, it's not going to be like XI Cait Sith because this isn't XI.

[Mimilu]

... and no, it's not going to be like XI Cait Sith because this isn't XI.

The OP isn't asking for Cait Sith to be a clone of their XI counterpart, the OP is asking for Cait Sith to have a more interesting personality like they think the XI one does.

[Cilia]

The OP isn't asking for Cait Sith to be a clone of their XI counterpart, the OP is asking for Cait Sith to have a more interesting personality like they think the XI one does.

Given XI veterans' proclivity towards wanting things in XIV to be like they were in XI, it may be an assumption but it's not an entirely unfair one, especially given there are other Cait Siths in the franchise but XI's was specifically called out.

[Rocl]

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

One was a living deus ex machina and the other is a particularly long-lived magical familiar, but yea I don't see the point in comparing. Cait Sith was a major character in a XI expansion (whose storyline was delayed and drawn out over the course of what felt like ninety years), here he's a major character in one quest line. It's trying to compare Nidhoggs--you shouldn't because while they have the same name and outward appearance, they're totally different things.

[Heliantheae]

In FFXIV, Cait Sith is a he,

WHAT!? But those eyelashes.

[Rocl]

WHAT!? But those eyelashes.

Aye!

Stacia: Cait Sith has his furry little head buried in that book, learnin' as much as he can about the Nullstone. I think I'll use this time to do some studyin' of my own─“know thine enemy,” and all that.

I have to agree, the lack of Scottish accents in the Mhach arc is pretty disappointing. I hope Scathach comes out her tomb with a right doozy of an accent to make up for it.

[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.

[LineageRazor]

Cait Sith in FFXI had certain peculiarities. Mannerisms. Quirks. Short phrases and redundancies, much in the way of Kobolds did she speak. She was also one in many. Many in one. Legion. Not all were in accord, and not all were good. No, no, some were not good at all. Cruel. Treacherous. A very unique personality, yes. Or personalities. A most intriguing individual. Or dividual.

It's true that Cait Sith in this game so far is pretty bland - though, to be fair, right now we only have Cait's own word that he's on the up-and-up. It's entirely possible that he has some angle that he hasn't revealed yet. It'd be interesting if he was trying to fulfill some Mhachi agenda left to him by his master that will cause him to turn on us at some point. While his master was supposedly a great pacifist as far as Mhachi sorcerers went, it was Cait Sith himself that told us that, so who's to say for sure?

[Fenral]

'E doe'n't 'ave 'n ootrageous Sco'ish accent like 'e did in FF7 neither.

Wasted potential, considering the Celtic influences all over the Mhachi lore.