I have been trying to eaves drop on the barbarians for hours and no luck. I have leaned on walls and sat on the well over and over again but all I get when I do is observe mode and no option to tap Y for eavesdrop. I have restarted the game, switched servers to no avail. My last thing to try today is a hard reset. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

The quest makes it seem like you have to lean on the wall and eavesdrop, but you just need to walk over to the indicated area and press Y.