The Bearnard Quest is probably the worst idea I've seen (y e t ... after all there's 3 more tasks to go for that title). This would have been the perfect opportunity to give players that have a stricter time schedule (you know, people who work, go to school, have daily responsibilities) an alternative by just awarding points for Bearnards dailies as you do them.
What did we get? another time gate. A TOWNBOUND NPC-BOUND time gate. This is stressful and just not fun.
A way to remedy it/an idea: let the questing you already did count. The game keeps track of how many times you do certain dalies. Just let a player who completed Bearnards stuff get a pass for the activity whenever it pops up.