You're also bound by whether you're available or not during the times the gem quest shows up as well as how fast you can actually run the quest over and over again. So, distractions would be untimely.

Can confirm that the chest drop from hosting ragnarok does not require MVP:
i.imgur.com/xNTV9y1.png
Note the lack of rainbow chest tickets. I'd say that it's just a case of plain ol' RNG.