Comments on: Q&A 36: Nukes Vs Immortals, Roach Micro, Hallucination 2

By: Nattaboy

Nattaboy — Mon, 05 May 2008 06:09:09 +0000

I think it could go underwater (maybe not lava, dunno though)
without being seen, it could just dig deeper and go underneath. Although it would be cool if it had a similar moving animation to the burrowed defiler while its moving, a sort of dirt trail, but then it changes to a trail of bubbles underwater…

maybe effect only visible to player, like how nuke launch symbol is MASSIVE and really visible to player, but classic red dot for enemy…

By: meo123

meo123 — Sat, 03 May 2008 10:53:46 +0000

I don’t know about the Nydus Worm but for the Mutalisks, from this source they say that the Mutalisks fly with some kind of magic. Don’t know if it’s reliable though.

http:// homepage.mac.com/cheethorne/Starcraft/mutalisk.htm

(Seems like i cannot post direct links in here so delete the blank space between “http:// homepage” to view)

By: Dill

Dill — Sat, 03 May 2008 03:22:20 +0000

They might just do a similar effect with water, Lava, desert rifts, or any other water equivalent (assuming they keep the current Nydus worm crosses everything method of travel).

By: Yokelassence

Yokelassence — Sat, 03 May 2008 01:48:57 +0000

In english…

“The idea that nydus worms can fly is reasonable, now the question is like the haria, at first it sees that it is a terrestrial unit 100% unless it has an ability that allows him to fly or to make jumps space, and that is another question since they make zergs to make jumps space or to other regions of the galaxy tecnologia is due to have protoss to become…:)”

My best guess is that Blizzard just will skip all these technicalities and just make Nydus Worms hidden no matter where they travel. I have not known them to keep everything consistently realistic.

Of course Blizzard has also stated that they still have plently of changes to inflict upon this unit

By: Shadow templar

Shadow templar — Fri, 02 May 2008 22:25:55 +0000

La idea de que el nydus worms pueda volar es razonable, ahora la pregunta es como lo haria, a simple vista se ve que es una unidad 100% terrestre a no ser que tenga una habilidad que le permita volar o hacer saltos espaciales,y esa es otra pregunta como hacen los zergs para hacer saltos espaciales o a otras regiones de la galaxia se debe tener tecnologia protoss para hacerse…:)

By: Nattaboy

Nattaboy — Fri, 02 May 2008 22:17:47 +0000

I think Nydus Worm does not fly, it jus launches itself powerfully across the void…

By: Nattaboy

Nattaboy — Fri, 02 May 2008 22:12:54 +0000

If Nydus Worms move quickly, then I don’t think it will really matter if they can be seen. They should be able to travel at a decent speed, and when they launch between space platforms/etc they hkind of go really quick, like BOOM and it throws its head twice or three times as fast as usual, then maybe have to take a second or so to ‘secure itself’ to the platform.
Like anonymous says, Zerg and cloaking? Ugh.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:45:22 +0000

@Yokelassence
Personally, its not the fact that Nydus Worms fly between space platforms that bugs me, its the fact that we can SEE them doing so. Where’s the stealth then?
This would mean Zerg drops will be severely underpowered on every Space Platform map.
Or they could make the Nydus Worms have some form of cloak. But Zerg and cloaking? Ugh.

By: Stupidumb

Stupidumb — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:57:14 +0000

I don’t think “moving through open space” means they can fly. I think it just means that they can sometimes travel above ground in an open space (not outer space). For example, in a map with varying heights of land, a worm underground moves from high ground to low ground and you can see it briefly. That’s what I think anyway.

By: Arthur Santana

Arthur Santana — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:18:28 +0000

Yokelassence, you are right about that, but then we should be able to use Nydus Worms as an air transport! (suppose there’s a bunch of sunkens and overseers on the way)