It's seriously one of the better toy items, it has interesting interactions with non-gnomes that made it a very fun mechanic interaction hunt and kept me around in Turt until they removed it. It's also a really nice RP tool as well.
A big draw for me as a new player coming to Turt was the fact that the main server was marked as (Rp), having the same for N'zoth will act as a great draw for new players looking to tell some stories once the beta phase ends.
Gnome hunters are justified by using technology to tame beasts, the same definitely could be applied for priests. That being said, until it happens I'm gladly going to call Gnomes godless heathens bwahaha