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[Flying Mullet]

Awesome story.

[Wolf Kanno]

Now there is one thing about Banon I never did get and that was why he wasn't present for the meeting with the Emperor after Vector falls to the Espers.

[Unstoppable Pig]

Originally Posted by ,,, ^

There sort of is a reward for saving him. He gives you a hint about getting the Pallidor esper. If he weren't alive to say "come back with your friends," most people (not using a guide) would never go back to the island and wouldn't find the esper.

If I remember correct, he doesn´t even mention anything about Palidor. I have saved him once and I was expecting hint about Palidoer but no. By the way I actually did find Palidor on my own without any guides on my first completed playthrough.

[,,,]

^I didn't say he mentioned Pallidor specifically. But he does ask you to come back to the island later. People will then try going back to the island at some point to see if anything happens, which is how they find Pallidor. It's a hint. People who saved Cid are more likely to find the esper without knowing about it beforehand. So, that's the reward.

[Umaro_Smash]

Originally Posted by ,,, ^

^I didn't say he mentioned Pallidor specifically. But he does ask you to come back to the island later. People will then try going back to the island at some point to see if anything happens, which is how they find Pallidor. It's a hint. People who saved Cid are more likely to find the esper without knowing about it beforehand. So, that's the reward.

Yeah, but even if you come back to see him, he still says "I feel much better, thanks Celes."

His speech isn't updated, so unless you make a point of going to the beach, you wouldn't have any clue that Palidor is there.

It would've been better had he said something about a piece of magicite washing up on the beach, or even he be the one to give it to you, but I guess it was just easier to have it the way it is.

It's just weird with Banon because he was so important early on in the game, that twice your game hinged on keeping him alive, yet before the world implodes, he's completely dropped from the game, without mention. Same with Arvis, but maybe that's on purpose. Those people in Vector when the double-cross occurs are gone, so maybe you're supposed to assume that they were killed.

[Greatermaximus]

If you think our speculation is wierd try reading the rough drafts to this stuff. What happened to Banon and others is what I've always wondered but the truthful answer is they were only there to advance the plot.

Why do you think a 'Cid' survived while Leo, Banon, and Arvis didn't. It's Cid.

[Flying Mullet]

Originally Posted by Greatermaximus ^

Why do you think a 'Cid' survived while Leo, Banon, and Arvis didn't. It's Cid.

Cid didn't survive because I pumped him full of slow fish.

[beema]

That does seem a little strange about Banon now that I think about it. I never really liked that guy anyways so I guess I just didn't care.

I think Out of the 3 times I played through it, I saved Cid twice. The only reason I can think to do it is because I wanted to do _EVERYTHING_ perfect in one go-through of the game. It is pretty lame that nothing comes of it if you save him though (aside from Celes presumably being more happy).

I always felt Gau's rage system was screwy and kind of lame. It's the main reason I almost never used him and he became one of my weakest characters. Once I really went for getting all the Rages and he obtained some good ones he became useful, but it's a lot of work for little reward. Always pissed me off when he would hop on some mega enemy and the payoff is just a regular "attack" that does weak damage.