User:Spops

Spops

How I got my name
Many people say what is a “Spops”? What does it mean? So let me explain… Before starting out my adventures in Vana'diel I was addicted to the game SOCOM for the Playstation 2. When I first started SOCOM I thought of this awesome name: Sp.Ops. Sp.Ops was of course short for Special Operations. What I found out though was that everyone in game would just call me Spops. So when I first purchased FFXI I thought long and hard about what kind of quirky name I could come up with. I finally decided why not just use Spops, it sounded like an odd enough name for Final Fantasy. So Spops it was

How long I have been playing for
I started out my adventures in Vana d’iel in November 2004. Back than I played on the Bahamut server. I did not make it very far into the game because I did not have a lot of free time back than. I think I ended up with having RDM, WHM, BLM to 15. Unfortunatly in March of 2005 I was moving and just did not have time for the game anymore. So I was forced to quit.

In October 2006 I decided that I wanted to get back into the game, I really did miss it. So I signed back up again and created my character. This time I ended up in the Seraph server. I have been playing ever since.

What got me into this game
When FFXI was finally released in the U.S.A. in 2004 it came bundled with the HDD for the PS2. The prospect of a Final Fantasy game online really intrigued me. But once I heard that it would cost me $12.95 a month, I said forget this. I was not about to pay a monthly fee.

A few months after the HDD’s release Zipper started to release some new maps for SOCOM 2 through the Playstation Magazine. The catch was you needed a HDD to save them. At first I said no to purchasing the PS2 HDD because of the cost ($99.99). Than my brother and a friend who I played SOCOM with picked up the HDD just for SOCOM maps. So me, not wanting to feel left out followed suit and picked up the HDD. I figured what the hell, at least now I could “try” out FFXI. However it did not take me long to realize that I enjoyed the game.

My time in Vana’diel
Majority of my time is spent in Experience parties trying to get that next level. I am active in a Dynamis shell, and looking to pimp out my RDM in full Relic. My shell does 2 runs a week, and I am usually there for both runs. Other than that I enjoy working on the missions of the game.

Jobs
My main job if you could not have guessed it is Red Mage. I finally got it to level 75 on August 11, 2007. It was my first job to 75 and it was a great feeling to know that I finally made it to the top.

I am currently trying to work on my Sub Jobs of Ninja & Dark Knight. I think that both of those Sub Jobs will benefit me as a Red Mage.

Missions
I do the missions for a few reasons:


 * To get the Rewards for completion of the mission or missions.


 * To learn more about the storyline. Isn’t that the whole point of an RPG?


 * Satisfaction knowing that I completed it.

Nations

 * Bastok - Rank 10


 * Windurst - Rank 5


 * San d'oria - Rank 1

Rise of the Zilart
I have just recently beaten Divine Might. I picked the Suppanomimi as my earring of choice. I figure it will serve me well when I am soloing on RDM. Eventually once i have a DD job leveled high enough it will help me out even more.

Spops obtains a:



I want to finish up this storyline in the near future.

Chains of Promathia
Well I am finally beat Promathia Mission 3-5, Diabolos has been killed at the hand of my party. This mission took me about 8 times to beat. We could never seem to find DRK's for this mission. Our final winning setup was RDM (me), WHM, NIN, SAM, DRK, MNK.

I have already decided that once i do finish this set of missions i will pick the Tamas Ring. RDM will always be my main job so this ring will serve me very well.

Out of all of the missions so far this is becoming my favorite. The missions are hard as hell but I am really enjoying the story line so far. The 3 little Tarutaru’s make me laugh.



Treasures of Aht Urhgan
I was not really in a rush to get started on the ToAU story line. I really just wanted to finish off CoP first before starting a new story.

On one of my parties in Caedarva Mire we saw the Dark Rider trample over our camp. I asked Eleri what he was and if he dropped anything decent. She informed me not to dare try and kill him. She asked me if I have done any of the ToAU story line. I told her that I had not touched it yet besides becoming a mercenary. We spoke for a little while about it and she told me how great of a story it was. So she convinced me to start it. I recently did the mission The Black Coffin, and beat it on our first shot. After that I did the Cut Scene for Guests of the Empire, where I was so nicely rewarded with a Glory Crown. Than Naja Salaheem decides to steal it from me. I want my Glory Crown back!

I am now up to Aht Urhgan Mission 22: Shield of Diplomacy. The story is pretty decent so far.

Dynamis
My progress in Dynamis:

I have received the following gear in Dynamis:


 * Duelist's Tabard
 * Duelist's Boots

Accomplishments

 * Shattering Stars RDM – Beating Maat has to be by far my greatest accomplishment in game. It was one of the more trying things to do.  I was finally able to beat him on lucky number 7.
 * Bastok Missions Rank 10 – It felt really good to finally see Rank 10 flash on the screen after I completed Bastok Mission 9-2. This was a very long set of missions, and I started to work on them almost since day 1 in Vana’diel.
 * Sky - It felt really awesome the first time I walked into  Ru'Aun Gardens.

Things I have worked on

 * Template:Job Progress - Created the origional code for this with some guidance from Mierin. I asked Gahoo for some help in making it a template so that everybody could use it.  After Gahoo created the initial template, Daniel came and did a ton of work to make the template very simplistic for anybody to use and understand.
 * Fish Ranking - The page only had listed the NPC Comments. I added all of the information from the update (from a year and a half ago), and reformatted the page.
 * Chains of Promathia Missions - Created a new page layout.
 * Oldton Movalpolos - Added all of the drop items and stolen items from the mobs.

Quest Log
Please see Quests