Why does everybody hate Cait Sith?

[boys from the dwarf]

in answer to the topics question ... i dont. whats wrong with him. hes controlled by reeve but still hes a cat riding a moogle. hes not the best in battle character but his stories O.K. i like pretty much all FF characters apart from the arseholes and cait sith isnt an arsehole.

[Reles]

He just doesn't appeal to me...in the story or in battle. *shrugs*

-Reles

[TurkSlayer]

I thought Cait Sith was great. He may not have been INCREDIBLE when it came to battle, but he wasn't that bad either. And I loved him story-wise. He did betray you, thats true, but think about it, if he hadn't betrayed you, he would have been kicked out of Shin-Ra, and you wouldn't have him as a spy. Besides, you got in the Temple anyway, so it doesn't really matter. Sure, Shin-Ra got in first, but all that really happened is that they lost a Turk, which is ultimately better for you. Anyway, I thought he was a very interesting character. I'm also a cat person, so that may have something to do with it.

[Erdrick Holmes]

Story-wise, Cait Sith is an excellent character.

Battle-wise, Caith Sith sucks.

Try USING him in battle, dude.

[Delta]

I just didn't like him in fact the only chracter's I liked were Cid(duh) Tifa Cloud RedXIII and Barret and I only used RedXIII Tifa and Cloud so there

[MAS82587]

Story-wise, Cait Sith is an excellent character.

Battle-wise, Caith Sith sucks.

actually battle-wise, cait sith could become a very powerful phisical attacking threat, and had one of the highest strengths in the game.

[Monol]

I loved cait sith....see at first i liked him cause he's the weirdest looking (i always go for the "diffrent" characters ) and i thought he was interesting...

I also thought reeve was awsome...see when i first played FF7 i didnt care about plots (i know i know...i was crazy...even though i enjoyed the game just the same which is why i feel its one of the best..but anyways) I noticed reeve and was like "wow...that guy was insanly cool...i wish i could have none him better or at least had a larger role)
I then find out cait sith and reeve are one in the same...BINGO! There forged argubly my favorite character (vincent..or caith sith)

I can see however why you couldnt like him...but...saying he is a traitor is one thing...but you also have to take into consideration that its because of cait sith...that we our hero's recived the black materia...cait sith was willing to give his life(ok yes he is a stuff doll..but regardless) to aid our heros for the greater good and im sure if reeve was there in pearson he would have done the exact same thing (as Squall of Seed stated of redemption as this would have been his motive) now of course (SPOILER)sephiroth got the black materia because of this but it allowed the rest of our heros to survive to continue their goal...

All in all i think cait sith is a great character...if your gonna hate him...thats fine...but dont think he didnt earn his right as a hero in final fantasy 7...because he did...as did the the rest of our awsome characters

[Raistlin]

Story-wise, Cait Sith is an excellent character.

Battle-wise, Caith Sith sucks.

Try USING him in battle, dude.

No, really? Is that what I'm missing?

I've used Caith Sith in battle before, purely because I love his character. Compared to Red XIII, Cid, Tifa, and Yuffie, he really sucks in battle. He's got high HP and can pack a punch, but his weak magic and unreliable limits put him down with Vincent and Barret as to his usefulness in battle.

Also, the only good thing on his limit break is the instant-kill slot. As if FF7 wasn't easy enough.

[Erdrick Holmes]

Save it up for Emerald Weapon.

[Sepho]

Selphie has her fancy smancy 'The End' limit break, but it's still not enough to warrant her use in battle. Cait Sith's limits aren't that great.

Neel's right - the materia system does away with individual specialties (there are no tanks, healers, etc.), meaning that your left to choose your battle party based on limit breaks and who looks cool. I don't use Cait Sith in battle, but I like him, story-wise.

I absolutely do not hate Cait Sith as a character, and I'll never forgive you Joel for putting words into my mouth

[Reles]

Okay so...FFVII in my opinion has a whole lot of GREAT characters. They each have outstanding personalities and abilities. When you put them lined up together you can't help but to love each and every one of them. Cait Sith however comes in last place for most people....sorry to say this.

-Reles

[Dreddz]

I dont see much difference in the characters as they can all be the same, But Cait Sith is weak and his limits werent so good
I chose Cloud, Cid and Tifa in my group

[Carl the Llama]

for a start Cait Sith would of turned the temple into the black materia even had we not approved coupled with the fact that he said that he kidnaped marlene and said that he would come along even if they didnt want him to, i do like him for the fact that he would do anything for his people... had (SPOILER)Reeve joined the party himself instead of haveing some big stuffed mog in your party the fact of the matter no matter how many times he could of died he would still have a replacement anyway, if (SPOILER)Reeve would have come out to the front line himself he would have earned my respect but he never did so i dont like him. one thing i dont understand is when at the end of disk 2 he goes to midgar to check on his people when he should of already been there?

[Drift]

aw theres nothing wrong with cait apart from a really bad limit break.

[ShunNakamura]

Cait Sith is cool but I like other characters more. Such as Yuffie.

The few times I've used him in battle I have noticed he could be decent. But there appears that there are better overall characters. With her conformer Yuffie can easily hit the damage limit(or wiht me she does) thus she hits as hard physically as Cait Sith. And with her magic she hits harder. Her limit breaks are stronger overall. And since she is always in the back row she can take quite bit. She also has the speed advantage.

Now up to the conformer point Cait Sith likely hits harder.. but Yuffie is still faster and can take alot(back row). I always value speed over brute force.


Anyways if his limit break was better such getting a total of four gambling type moves. We have dice and slots. Why not something else as well.. Limits are fun... and he has so few of them.