I reached lvl37 on an alt so I went to the notice board and picked up latest quest, "Peril of the Dryads".
But, when I go to colonel knox he has the ! above his head, I click on him, he just says "state you business or leave" with the option of "sorry im lost" or "I want to look round" and nothing about the quest at all so I cant proceed with it.
The most common cause of this kind of issue is that you're close enough to interact with an NPC, but either there's something in between you (no line of sight means no conversation, but can interact for flavor text) or you're standing about 4 yards from the NPC (close enough to interact for flavor text but but not close enough to start a conversation).
If the problem isn't with the quest but is indeed with this issue, then the easy fix is to stand directly next to or on top of the NPC before trying to interact with him. This will remove any line of sight or distance issues.
Hopefully this helps. If it doesn't, then the issue is with the quest and you'll have to wait for HCS to fix it.
Edited by Brioche, 05 February 2016 - 13:24.