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I disagree, I believe he planned to betray Gestahl from the very begining as well as planning to steal the statues magic. Circumstance had little to do with it.
True. But the problem is not what he wanted to do or what he did, but how he did it.
From what I remember, Kefka didn't have idea how to find the statues. He just waited for Ghestal to lead him to it, while following his orders and acting like a coward.
The reason why I think it's hard to take Kefka seriously, is that he was too dependant on the Empire and Ghestal.


NeoCracker, Sephiroth killed a lot of people on his way to the Crater, including the president of the most powerful company/government on the planet. I think this can be considered as causing chaos.
Not to mention that even the planet wasn't able to stop him(Holy was useless while he was alive).
And yes, the Weapons were a side-effect. But a side-effect caused by him, and that helped him.

Every main-villain caused a lot of chaos on their respective worlds, directly or indirectly. I don't believe there is a single main-villain who "hasn't done anything that makes him stand out" like you said.

And normally, the side-villains have a bigger presence in the story than the main villains. The Empire was more present in the story than Kefka. The Alexandria Kingdom was more present than Kuja too. The same for the Galbadia army in relation to Ultimecia/Edea.
That's something normal.
I can 't vouce for I - III, but most FF's the main Villain gets the spotlight. IV it admitingly goes to Golbez, 5 definately went to Ex-death. Mostly because he really was the only Villian I can think of.

And the empire had a lot of spotlight in VI yes, but Kefka is the one doing a lot of the deeds. He's the one that poisened Doma, destroyed Thamasa, and many other things before WoR. Then he betrays Ghestal, and the world undergoes a little 'boom' and he proceeds to rule over it. I'd say Kefka stood out most there.

VIII, I won't comment on.

IX, I don't see how anyone stands out over Kefka.

X I'll give to seymore as standing out more then Sin, though this could depend on how one looks at it, so its a toss up.

And I didn't play far enough into XII to comment.

Sephiroth just doesn't stand out in his own game, which makes him seem weak. If Shinra had not been there, however, he likely would have had more of a pressance for me.

Finally, how did the Weapons help Sephiroth? Its not like anything would have changed for him had they been their or not, as the Junon Cannon is basically the only thing that could break the Barrier. All weapon did was make a delay in how long until the cannon shot the barrier down.