Darrien Gaultier Quest Recurrence

joneb · April 2016

I logged on to one of my characters doing Cadwells Gold today and went in to pick up delivery from hirelings and I noticed a mail from Darrien Gaultier which I'm sure was not their before and I had not done quests recently. So I read it and there is a quest in my log called Recurrence. A bit mystified I checked online quest databases and this doesn't seem to be registered anywhere. Now its also April the 1st so can you see where I'm going? However I asked others if they had the quest and they said no? Is this a proper quest as it does appear under main quests?

Volkodav · April 2016

No,I havent gotten this yet.Maybe I will tomorrow,as it is only March 31st for me here in Arizona.I hope so.It sounds like fun!

Abeille · April 2016

This was said on another thread:

Elsir wrote: »

This is from an addon. I forget which one. If you have Harvest Map installed, you were also sent a mail from "Darien Gautier" asking you to find him. Both have an option in their respective settings menus to disable the "April Fools" feature.

So, do you have Harvest Map addon? Just making sure, because I actually would be pretty happy with some news on Darien's situation and why the hell we have not mobilized the guilds to go after him. He is just as much of a hero as the Vestige is in my book.

Kayira · April 2016

Its an april fool joke of the harvest map addon. You can go under the addon setting and disable it at the bottom if it annoys you.

DaveMoeDee · April 2016

Considering they spelled the name Darien Gauntier, it was a bit of a fail.

Bombo · April 2016

Damn you HarvestMap! I got really exited for a minute there, but after the "We know" mail, I kinda guessed it being an April fools joke.

Moonshadow66 · April 2016

DaveMoeDee wrote: »

Considering they spelled the name Darien Gauntier, it was a bit of a fail.

Yep, I've noticed that, too^^
But altogether a funny idea.. if only we could actually have saved him, though

LoadingBar5 · April 2016

Kayira wrote: »

Its an april fool joke of the harvest map addon. You can go under the addon setting and disable it at the bottom if it annoys you.

Ahh too bad. I would've loved it to have him back in the game. He was such an amusing npc.

FLuFFyxMuFFiN · April 2016

LoadingBar5 wrote: »

Kayira wrote: »

Its an april fool joke of the harvest map addon. You can go under the addon setting and disable it at the bottom if it annoys you.

Ahh too bad. I would've loved it to have him back in the game. He was such an amusing npc.

I have a feeling he may come back in a future DLC

Enodoc · April 2016

FLuFFyxMuFFiN wrote: »

LoadingBar5 wrote: »

Kayira wrote: »

Its an april fool joke of the harvest map addon. You can go under the addon setting and disable it at the bottom if it annoys you.

Ahh too bad. I would've loved it to have him back in the game. He was such an amusing npc.

I have a feeling he may come back in a future DLC

Agreed. The text in that email isn't made up; you can get it in-game, in a real message from Darien.

rotaugen454 · April 2016

He shoved the king towards the light to try and save him, then was never seen again. Maybe Meridia took pity on him and sent him back. I have a sneaking suspicion they will bring him back somehow.

MrCray78 · April 2016

I have find all pages :
http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2016/13/1459529741-dariens-note-3.png
http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2016/13/1459529741-dariens-note-4.png
http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2016/13/1459529741-dariens-note.png
http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2016/13/1459529741-dariens-note-2.png

Enodoc · April 2016

MrCray78 wrote: »

I have find all pages :
http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2016/13/1459529741-dariens-note-3.png
http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2016/13/1459529741-dariens-note-4.png
http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2016/13/1459529741-dariens-note.png
http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2016/13/1459529741-dariens-note-2.png

OK... so I've only seen the first of those... where did you find the rest? And that #4 is a bit of a weird one.

MrCray78 · April 2016

@Enodoc In the library(Guild...) of Tamriel

MrCray78 · April 2016

Now i am here...

MrCray78 · April 2016

rewards :

Kayira · April 2016

I wish they hadn't removed the lol button. xD

Grunim · April 2016

Funny thing is I just did a main quest on an alt this morning where something happened to Darien (yes I'm intentionally being vague). Then I logged that alt off and logged in another character who immediately received the "Recurrence quest". The timing was uncanny.

I figured it was an April's Fool thing but I began to do it for fun and it advanced a quest stage and I even said "Darien:D" in zone chat in Rawl just for fun. Then I lost my connection immediately after doing that and realized my Comcast phone and internet service went down at that moment.

Talk about big time April Fools joke on me.

Hellsbunnies · April 2016

Yeah if it's an April fool's then it's a pretty crap one. I finally followed it on The 3rd April and I'd imagine ESO wouldn't be too pleased about it adding a fake quest. I'm appreciative of the hard work going into addons and obviously they do get some financial remunerations. I am really unimpressed that they break the trust between user and developer and take liberties with the game itself, adding quests etc.

Baertram · April 2016

'm appreciative of the hard work going into addons and obviously they do get some financial remunerations.

I wonder where you got this from? Don't spread any rumors please.
I never heared of any financial remuneration nor did I get anything (not a single donation so far) for my work on addons that thousands of users use.
But i'm not asking for it neither. Addon devs are just coding for fun, to help, to improve games where users request it or where we like it to be improved (and other users like it the same way, thus use this addon then).

And just to be clear: I did not invent this aprils fool. But I'd be proud if I had!
Many users just liked it as it was a fool, fun, and you had soemthing to do that was not the usual daily stuff.

Just try to respect the work we do in our free time, without any monetary compensation.
And to be true: We don#t need and want it as long as ppl are happy and say "Thank you" here and there.
But even without a thank you it is fun, as long as people don't write stuff like

I am really unimpressed that they break the trust between user and developer and take liberties with the game itself, adding quests etc.

Where do we break the "trust" if we just use code that is there, that is allowed to use and where noone on ZOS side nor on the users side complained about (except you)?

I am (and I bet I can speak for many addon authors here) very unhappy to read this and it will make me think about "investing my free time" again for addons, or for funny stuff ingame :-(

I bet you use some addons as well! Disable all of them and play without them, maybe you get the point afterwards :-)

code65536 · April 2016

Baertram wrote: »

Where do we break the "trust" if we just use code that is there, that is allowed to use and where noone on ZOS side nor on the users side complained about (except you)?

There have been other complaints in-game that I've seen.

And, yes, it is most definitely a serious breach of trust. I write free software, too. And I would never put something like this in. Where it crossed the line is that lack of an indicator that it's fake. It's fine to throw in little jokes or things for fun. But always disclose to the user that it's not real (or make it so outrageous that nobody would think it's real), and disclose the source. The way in which these pranks were executed was inappropriate.