Quen does not spawn in the daggerfall inn in the first quest, so I am unable to progress further

Edit: nvm i see it goes live tommorow

I'm having the same problem. Even when I go to the location indicated by the quest marker, Quen doesn't show up.

More follow-up, but the quests seemed to be running properly this morning.

Cosmetic issue which should probably be addressed at some point, but Quen does not look at you while you're in that initial dialogue with her. Either that or she's keeping an eye on Basil while talking to you because reasons. There are a couple of other dialogues where she's not-quite making eye contact, so perhaps it's partially just a Quen thing.

Side-observation that the lower floor of the Rosy Lion sounds different than what's on the live server: more clear, less muddled. Is this something that also received a bit of polishing? If so, I noticed and I like it. If not, well, I guess my sound card is due for a checkup.

Dialogue with Basil's daughter (forget her name) dropped three knock-out pouches into my inventory, but I could not find them to put them on the quickslot wheel. (EDIT: They went into Quest Objects, but they are not slottable Quest Objects)

Josseline Madier is taking up Spencer Rye's mantle, which is fine. There is a missing dialogue response for when the player's Thieves Guild reputation is maxed. Alternatively and if their reputation is maxed, then there should be no option to ask about how to raise it. Those issues aside, she's working fine.

Side-observation on the reacquisition missions, however. Three of the four of the Hew's Bane missions could be completely stealthed through with no combat encounters and no one being the wiser for your having been there except for the missing goodie. The grotto needs patience, a lot of very careful timings, and a couple of uses of the Blade of Woe, but it can be almost completely stealthed. The mission I picked up today was to retrieve the quill from Ilessan Tower. I snuck through the whole tower (had to kill some harpies) only to discover that the mission was actually "kill random Red Rooks until someone drops a quill." Not really in keeping with the Hew's Bane dailies.

More follow-up regarding the second quest (the three leaders' tasks) and the transition into the third.

For Seline's task in the basement, there is no indication of where the player is supposed to be going. Just "meet Seline at the vault entrance" or somesuch. And because there is no level map, it's mostly just blindly wandering around until the player accidentally stumbles onto the proper side passage (I found two and one was not the correct one). A level map would be very helpful here if you're only going to say "somewhere in this general area" for where we're supposed to go.

Abrasia's task was a scaled back heist and quite enjoyable. Abrasia says that we're on a timer, but no visible timer like the heists give. Other than that, it was fine and I had a very good time with it. Khajiit is one with the shadows... just sayin'.

Edwane's task played out very nicely. Other than the set-up to move the mages to an eavesdrop location (new mechanics?), it was a quick in-out-and-done. And yes, Khajiit completely cleaned out both mages' pockets after their conversation, mostly because he could (and a seasonal fencing challenge), but he likes Edwane more than the others and was kind of showing off.

Now for some problems upon returning to the Thieves Den to turn in the quest. These are some major quest issues.

1. Quen says that she wants to talk someplace where the three leaders can't overhear. Selecting the player response "Where do you want to talk?" dumps out of the conversation. Quen has a quest marker above her head, but reengaging with her does not pick up that conversation thread again. If there was additional dialogue, then there is a broken trigger in there somewhere. If there was no additional dialogue, then the "where do you want to talk" was unnecessary and could simply have been left at "goodbye."
2. At the start of the initial dialogue for the third quest, Quen disappears when the dialogue presents a conversation branch about the various options. The three leaders begin their environmental dialogues, after which Basil steps into view with a quest marker over his head. The dialogue options from Quen's convo remain on screen, but none are interactable other than "goodbye," which closes that.

Follow-up for the third quest.

The initial discussion and dialogue after getting dropped out of Quen's dialogue tree went fine. There are some odd POV camera issues (like suddenly being at the foot of the table when not standing there), but nothing notable other than some kudos to the writers for including suitable dialogue for a character who has already completed Dresan Keep.

One inside Dresan Keep, the initial puzzle of book placement wasn't very difficult to figure out. It's right at the sweet spot for a story quest puzzle and brute force book placement (only six possible combinations) would get someone there, too.

Phynaster's challenge was also at just about that same level of difficulty and there is probably a punishment for guessing, but also only six possible combinations. Very odd animation of my character pouring potions onto the ground and then somehow the goblet miraculously has something in it when done.

Dibella's challenge was weird. Not too difficult to figure out what the puzzle wanted (do some emotes), but the emotes have to be triggered through conversation with Abrasia, which is not immediately obvious. Doing them on your own accomplishes nothing.

Zenithar's challenge is stuck-level weird. It's kind of obvious that the player is not supposed to pick the lock (or force it, one supposes). The "better to stand idle for a year" seems to be the pertinent clue, but standing in front of the chest while idle animations happen doesn't solve the puzzle, manually emoting idle animations does nothing, and none of the NPCs have any helpful dialogue like with Dibella's. I'm going to go back in and just stand there for five minutes hoping that Johnny Silverhand will suggest a solo assault on Arasaka Tower or something.

EDIT: No luck on Johnny, but the pertinent bit is not the challenge dialogue. Rather it's the environmental dialogue about someone being too good with thieves tools. Stick a pick into the lock and let the timer run out so that you fail the lockpick.

EDIT2: The rest of the third quest played out quite nicely with no obvious issues other than all the waterfalls seeming to be missing boulders and other terrain. Same problem at the end of this quest as at the end of the previous one with being dumped out of the last bit of Quen's dialogue after she finishes one or two sentences. The unusable dialogue options did not remain on screen this time, however.

The Nowhere Valt
1 - A bug related to the quest where you choose a staff.
2 - When an Atronach appears, an invisible portal opens to another bugged location.

P.S. It's really cool to see Atronachs from Mirrormoor, but I don't think we're supposed to see them anymore, based on the timeline.
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Follow-up with notes on the fourth quest. Zero issues. Quest started just fine, progressed just fine, terminated just fine, including no dropping out of dialogue when turning it in. The whole conversation just segued neatly into the fifth quest. Well done! Side note that I'm really enjoying this quest line. Thus far it has been very well-written, well voice-acted, and everything that I would expect from a bunch of sneaks (well, except Abrasia, but she has her own charms). I'll come back and edit this one with notes for the fifth.

EDIT: Notes for the fifth quest. No major issues. Quest started smoothly from the previous one, progressed smoothly, and terminated smoothly. It did not immediately segue into the next quest, however. Turning in the quest generated the reward and then terminated the dialogue. A couple of seconds later, the appropriate quest marker appeared to start the next mission. The only minor issue I encountered was the placement of the final grapple point to get to one of the captives. I had to kind of shoot through the next-to-last before the interaction prompt appeared. Not sure if I just took the wrong path to get there or it's poorly placed, but I got to where I needed to go and moved on. Also noting that the "Observation Point" interaction was not extremely intuitive. It's got a small "hit box" that took some fiddling to find.

WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »

The Yvierry staff in the first quest are supernaturally perceptive. They can be facing the opposite direction while I’m invisible and still see me - I am neither joking nor exaggerating this literally happened. 🫥

They can see through invisibility potions too.

Can only choose the wrong staves

IviRo wrote: »

The Nowhere Valt
1 - A bug related to the quest where you choose a staff.
2 - When an Atronach appears, an invisible portal opens to another bugged location.

P.S. It's really cool to see Atronachs from Mirrormoor, but I don't think we're supposed to see them anymore, based on the timeline.
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I took the invisible portal because I couldn't select the correct staff...I went to where I think the next challenge is, with Quen, but it's stuck. Quen doesn't react or start anything and there is no way back.

I forgot to mention but there's a bug with Breton gatehouses that has returned that causes dismounts. There might be more but i'd need to check every arch

KingArthasMenethil wrote: »

I forgot to mention but there's a bug with Breton gatehouses that has returned that causes dismounts. There might be more but i'd need to check every arch

That's apparently new in Daggerfall, but it's been happening at the central arch of the bridge from Dro-Dara wayshrine into Wayrest on the live servers. A quick check of both locations on both the live servers and PTS shows that it has stopped in Wayrest, but now happens in Daggerfall. The two are not the same assets, but the gateway into Daggerfall has Zenithar banners on PTS while the central bridge arch does not. But neither have any banners on the live servers, so -shrug-?

WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »

Third quest - I’m using /dance by the statue and based on the NPC’s reaction I assume that was what I was supposed to do, but nothing happens - the quest does not advance, nothing appears, etc.

As a flaw in the mission structure, yes. If you want a clue, speak to someone standing nearby and the solution will become obvious.

I got a bounty for looting some gold from a stolen pouch inside the daggerfall thieves guild den