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While I don't intend to change your opinion, and you are certainly entitled to yours, one thing to keep in mind is that one of the main reasons FFVI is highly rated is because it was way ahead of its time. In 1994, there was nothing (that I know) that had as much character chemistry and development than any RPG before. Even then, apart from some gameplay improvements and systems later FFs made that may make FFVI feel slightly dated nowadays, everything about FFVI still holds up very well to this day. I say this as someone who didn't play the game (the GBA port) until 2014-15, and after already playing FFs I, II, III, IV, V, VII and X (and part of VIII) before - and have since played I-XII to completion at least once each - and VI easily ranks at the top of the Final Fantasy series for me (admittedly, after my second or third playthrough). And I have my doubts that that opinion will ever change.On the topic of Final Fantasy...
Sephiroth is overrated. That's not an uncommon opinion. But I also think that Kefka is super overrated. I don't think he's that great of a villain, sorry. He has some funny one-liners and he does awful things that really make you want to take him down, but I don't think that's enough for him to consistently be considered one of the greatest villains in the series along with the similarly overrated Sephiroth (Rufus was the best antagonist in VII, he was cool). Plenty of villains accomplish that much, and are more compelling when on-screen when doing so.
Actually, I think FFVI is overrated as a whole, to be honest. It's a good game, but the cast is way too large for its own good. I'd rather it not even bother having characters like Umaro and Gogo if they're just going to be glorified extras, and the story is fine and hits the right notes, but never really soars. At least to me. In my personal rankings, I'd actually put it below pretty much every game other than I, II, III, maybe V, XII, and potentially VIII. Again, I like it (as I do most games in the franchise), but it just... doesn't do anything special for me? also, desperation attacks are dumb
As for Kefka himself, the primary reason he's a popular fan-favorite is the simple fact that he managed do what no other video game antagonist has ever done before or since: devastate the whole world to ruins and rule it, while slowly obliterating it to nothing for a whole year before the heroes finally manage to gain the strength and determination to stop him. I can honestly say that don't see how other FF villains accomplished as much as Kefka did, nor how they're more compelling (but I suppose that's a purely subjective matter). Kefka may not be the deepest villain in the FF series, or gaming in general, but he may very well have been the only antagonist who came the closest to accomplishing his goal: to eradicate all life on the planet that he deemed meaningless... where Sephiroth, in particular, failed.
FFVI may have had a large cast of characters, but I disagree about it being too large for its own good. The two characters you mentioned being glorified extras were exactly that because... they're optional characters. To even have optional chars that could be ignored completely, as well as being able to swap active party members basically at will after a certain point, was uncommon at the time (possibly the first RPG to ever do it). But just about the rest of the cast were just as well-developed as equally as anyone else, with their moments to shine through the story (provided the player took the time to do each character's quest in the WOR). Each character had lost something, but found a reason to live in the end, that being having another character for support... and Kefka's nihilistic views that life was meaningless because it would all die and rot away eventually, anyway, served as the perfect foil to that very belief for wanting to live for something... or someone. I'm still rather amazed at how well almost every character, hero and villain alike, tied into the story's central theme(s) together perfectly, and how consistently well-crafted it is from start to finish.
But, hey, if the game doesn't do anything special for you, I guess that's just how it is, then. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, after all - or, in this case, art. For my obligatory unpopular opinion, I'll say that I, myself, dislike FFX, besides the refined ATB system. I honestly didn't like the main cast of characters much, outside of maybe two tolerable ones. Maybe I'll grow to like it a bit if I played it again, but I doubt that.