I agree that Cid was lame in IV. Then again, most things were lame about it, from graphics to characters (although in the re-releases the script is much better). However, the driving point of FFIV's failure was that they were too afraid to kill a character. The old guy (forgot his name- the Sage) was one of maybe two good guys that died in th whole thing. I guess Square decided it would be too much to see more than one good guy die, so they had several occaisions where it looks like someone was about to go, but they came back later. Including Cid. All this being said, Cecil and Kain are close to my favorite FF characters overall. Dragoon and Dark Knight turned Paladin? Cool.

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