Reminds me of the Zelda quest where you were rewarded by a litteral 💩! Some Players will ingage in whatever tedious task if you can trick them into it by promising whatever reward.
Marmotte
2023-07-05 19:23:13 +0000 UTC
It also sounds like exactly the sort of psychological trickery/exploitation that Blizzard would gleefully engage in.
Edit: either as an actual mechanic to increase play time, or as something they just anonymously "leaked" on the forums/reddit/w/e to see if they could get players to do it.