That little icon beside player's names.

[Pulseczar]

What on earth are those. I see all this different color icons beside players names. I know that the money bag means you have a bizarre. What do the others mean?

Sorry for asking this but I noticed their really isn't a forum for new players.

[Tifa]

Linkpearls

[Pulseczar]

ah and what would that be?

[Kurgan]

They indicate the linkshells players belong to. Normally, if you see a group of players together all with the same color linkpearl, they're likely all in the same linkshell. A linkshell allows every person equipped with a pearl to be in communication with each other at all times, no matter where anyone is. It's kind of like a group chatroom just for you and your friends.

[Pulseczar]

Oh awesome thanks!

[CarbonFibre]

What about when you do a search and there is a little colored circle next to a player name? I think it's just displaying that they have one of those green message things when people check you, just want to make sure.

[aznannielin]

hi hi

yeah...the ones next to names mean youre in a linkshell

and the ones that come out next to search...well...they generally indicate what the player is doing...for example...
if it is green...it means that the player has a message up regarding joining a party...
if it is yellow...then the player is probably questing o_o-b

work hard o_o-b
-annie

[Pulseczar]

Cool thanks for the feedback and being so nice and not calling us names for being new. There is a lot of info to consume and I have a ton of questions but I will not bombard this forum with it.

[Razoul]

How about some of the other icons next to peoples names. Like that goldish sphere with an ! in it. I've seen it a few times never could figure out what it means.

[CarbonFibre]

Yeah you generally get to know how things work through just playing for a bit and reading the manual. There are always a few questions that are much easier answered by others than researched. I was in the beta test. This game was my first ever FF game as well as my first ever MMORPG. To compound that, I had limited to no experience with RPGs before that. Let's just say that it was a steep learning curve at first, but I got the hang of it pretty quick.

[Kurgan]

In PT list at the bottom right corner, a yellow dot to the left indicates the PT leader. A green dot to the right indicates quartermaster (all dropped items go to this player, that player will later distribute the dropped items or their value).

In a search window, a green dot next to a player's name indicates "EXP" party comments, a red dot indicates "mission" party comments, a blue (?) dot indicates "quest" party, a yellow dot indicates "other".

A red "!" next to a player's name indicates auto party is enabled. A green "!" next to the name means looking for party. I've never seen a gold "!" and am unfamiliar with it thus far. And if you haven't figured it out yet, a player's name with an item sack icon next to it means that if you examine him/her, you can view items he/she is selling in his/her Bazaar.

[CarbonFibre]

Does the autoparty thing just put together a group of people once a certain number have put this on or what? I tried using it in beta a few times but to no avail.