I saw this after the huge update in april. I still dunno what to make of it.

Haha, i saw Poppu numerous times, in Bastok and in Dunes, back before they even had subjob. I tried asking them, but they didnt speak english.

Anyway, much later on (more specifically, when Ballista was added) SE, in their patch notes, had a big list of the "icon order" (ie: the LFG flag shows above the bazaar icon, which shows above your linkpearl..) about half-way down was that icon, and it said "Trial Adventurer"

Anyway, what I have heard since then, is that the icon signifies people who are playing from special events (imagine an E3 booth being set up with a bunch of FFXI accounts) or from Internet Cafe's, etc. Imagine them as running on a promotional version, lol.

yeah its people who run from a special event or from a cybercafe.

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If you're talking about the yellow and green icon it's for a trial membership.

http://weyr.us/raven/fficons.html

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