I’m confused, but did Hogger become infamous because he was constantly steamrolled, or was it because he steamrolled a lot of unprepared newbies in vanilla?
May 14, 2009 – 10:59 pmPosted by: gmaxwell
I’m confused, but did Hogger become infamous because he was constantly steamrolled, or was it because he steamrolled a lot of unprepared newbies in vanilla?
One Response to “I’m confused, but did Hogger become infamous because he was constantly steamrolled, or was it because he steamrolled a lot of unprepared newbies in vanilla?”
As a newbie Human, Hogger is one of the first elite group quests you’ll ever have thrown at you. New players generally don’t really ‘get’ the whole elite/group concept until Hogger. An unsuspecting Mage will Fireball Hogger and immediately get owned in the face if they’re alone. All of a sudden, the elite status makes sense. So yes, he streamrolled a lot of unprepared newbies.
His pop culture status was born largely because of silly little things that players (and Blue posters) did involving him. Raids on Hogger consisting purely of level 1 characters, things like that. Hogger didn’t build his own reputation, players built it for him.
By kyrios on May 14, 2009