they don't dig through the rocks. As we obviously have established now, they can "dig" through empty space. Thus, to pass destructible rocks, they just drill down through the hole planet. On the other side, they dig through empty space until they are below the target, and then they drill up through the hole planet to emerge where requested.

This would also explain the 2 hours build time they patched in. It's not for balance, its for apparent realism!

Xswordy

United Kingdom425 Posts

March 07 2011 15:21 GMT

#24

It's alien technology , we'll never know. Tell him that

ddrddrddrddr

1344 Posts

March 07 2011 15:26 GMT

#25

On March 08 2011 00:16 MisterD wrote:
they don't dig through the rocks. As we obviously have established now, they can "dig" through empty space. Thus, to pass destructible rocks, they just drill down through the hole planet. On the other side, they dig through empty space until they are below the target, and then they drill up through the hole planet to emerge where requested.

This would also explain the 2 hours build time they patched in. It's not for balance, its for apparent realism!

Okay, then why don't they teleport to, say, the space above the enemy base? It's raining banelings! Unstoppable nydus without anti air seems logical.

FeyFey

Germany10114 Posts

March 07 2011 15:35 GMT

#26

zero gravity they can simply float through the space, but need a place to root on so they can act as transport tunnels and since they are mostly blind they need to use the eyes of their hivemates. Anyway multiplayer map design is not about realism, but you can explain anything in a scifi setting unimportant how strange it migh be.

Chill

Calgary25980 Posts

March 07 2011 15:37 GMT

#27

They dig at a perspective where you can't see them. They're super sneaky so they move if you move the camera.

MisterD

Germany1338 Posts

March 07 2011 15:54 GMT

#28

On March 08 2011 00:26 ddrddrddrddr wrote:

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Okay, then why don't they teleport to, say, the space above the enemy base? It's raining banelings! Unstoppable nydus without anti air seems logical.

well duhh obviously zerg units are heavy. So once the units should go through, the worm needs to be safely attached on both ends! it doesn't matter if some intermediate part is floating in space, but the end points must be anchored. So obviously, hanging the head down from up in the air won't work!

to elaborate (stolen from funny images thread):
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Siwa

91 Posts

March 07 2011 15:59 GMT

#29

Tell him they'll nydus under his bed at night if he keeps asking questions like that.

whatthefat

United States918 Posts

March 07 2011 16:11 GMT

#30

Smart kid.

MangoTango

United States3670 Posts

March 07 2011 16:14 GMT

#31

On March 07 2011 20:44 Bobble wrote:

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It's not impossible, you just aren't thinking outside of the box.

...or inside the pipe, as it were.

:S

MoreFaSho

United States1427 Posts

March 07 2011 16:19 GMT

#32

On March 07 2011 19:48 MindRush wrote:
Question 2:
How can zergs send nydus worms to the island expansions, they teleport it through space?

So, the discussion was not exactly like that, the kid is young, and we talked in romanian. But really, he asked a question i believe that few people and starcraft2 fanatics failed to ask. I pretty much believe the little guy is a genius!

The nydus worm can teleport through space as it has access to wormholes

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormhole

TheTenthDoc

United States9561 Posts

March 07 2011 16:22 GMT

#33

I almost made a joke about the OP being Romanian, but I'm not sure how many people on TL would get it these days.

Overpowered

Czech Republic764 Posts

March 07 2011 16:43 GMT

#34

SC2 has few more these things, its just because its a game. Battlecruisers are about as high as marine, and no one cares

Real BC would be over whole LT (or Shattered Temple nowadays)

GreatestThreat

United States631 Posts

March 07 2011 16:51 GMT

#35

A more pertinent question would be: how can zerg units INSTANTANEOUSLY travel from one end of the worm to the other even when both ends are on complete opposite sides of the map? Regardless of the fact that they can cut across terrain by using an underground tunnel network, they still should take some amount of time to cross it, yes? Unless the worm is sucking them through with high-tensile peristaltic muscles lining it's gullet or something... That's my theory anyway.