Though I haven't played it in a few years, I am what some might call a filthy WoW white knight (in a lot of regards, not all...) and Cory makes it sound way worse than it is. The shape quest takes like 30 seconds compared to the normal things (kill x, collect x) and is just variety... that whole factions quest are super short minigames that give like 10x the reputation of other factions.
Cory is also just actually retarded, I can imagine him being unable to walk in a circle. His brain can not properly convey the issues he has.