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Protoss can't build Warp Gates. They forgot how to.

 

ow.. how come in the gameplay protoss demo they say you can now wapr your troops anywhere with pylon power fields? and we can see zealots being warp courtesy of the phase prism. how do they do it? i think they have warp gate now in starcraft 2, a new protoss structure.

and in starcraft 2.com gateway is labeled as gateway/warpgate. maybe gateway can be upgraded to warpgate. or am i mistaken.

 

No, units are built from the warpgate and when they are done can but deployed anywhere in the pylon power field.

 

Ok, i am going to explain the main difference between the Gateway and Warp Gate (i know, it's hard to keep them apart as they seem to be doing really the same thing...)

Let's see now... you know right from SC1 that it takes time to create units in the Gateway (naturally or it'd be totally unbalanced...). That's what differs it from the Warp Gate. While it takes time to warp units in the Gateway, warping units in the Warp Gate is instantaneous and requires no time at all.

You get where i'm going?

 

Nah, Baron, could you explain it again, i'm not quite getting it yet

 

Yeah they can. First they build a gateway which can then be upgraded into a warpgate allowing units to be projected anywhere with pylon power. I don't know how fast they build but it does take a few seconds for the unit to warp in fully and is vulnerable during that time.

 

ha? so whats the structure called for building units (zealots) for the protoss in starcraft 2.. is it still called gateway? or warpgate? are they two different structures in starcraft 2? i thought you said they already forgotten how to build warpgates.

ok so gateway can be upgraded to warpgate. ok i got it now. thanks to you all ;D

 

That would be the Gateway.

Gateway: Building that produces infantry/mechanic walker units.

Warp Gate: Building that can't be build because the Protoss fails and needs to l2remember.

 

The Gateway and Warp Gate are the same structure. See my post above.

 

Well then it's a different kind of Gate with the same name.
http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Warp_Gate (THE REAL WARP GATE lawl)

This smells "Eredar/Draenei" plot alteration.

 

It uses tech reverse engineered from the Xel'naga ones on Auir and Shakuras therefore it is a Warp Gate and they can make them.

 

Well i don't really give a crap what they name the frickin building, but story-wise in SC: BW the Protoss couldn't make Warp Gates since that would totally take away the need of interplanetary space travel (otherwise than to make new gates).
See, the Warp Gate concept was invented in BW to give the Protoss a quick means of escape to their new homeworld and a way for the Zerg to follow. That's why we didn't see any of it in SC1.

And if the "Warp Gate" in SC2 needs time to warp units, then it's just a cheap name-ripoff since real Warp Gates teleport units instantly without wait-time.

 

http://www.starcraft2.com/features/protoss/
First building, Gateway/Warp Gate

Obviously not the same as the SC/BW warp gate but thats not really important. And it's obvious. And nobody is talking about the SC/BW warp gate

 

Actually i was, until i realized the SC2 crew had named an upgrade to the Gateway in SC2 after the Warp Gate. (DAMN... YOU... EREDAR/DRAENEI!!!!" i hate alterations but no one gives a **** so i shouldn't either)

So everyone, i was talking about the Brood War Warpgate, and not the SC2 one. Brood War - Not SC2. Hopefully you will understand that i fail and needs to l2lookupshitbeforeipostaboutit. Sorry.

 

well the name doesn't really matter. i always use barracks for calling any building that creates ground units. lol.

all i wanted to know was if the gateway and warpgate in starcraft 2 are 2 different unique structures or are they just one (first its called a gateway and then you can upgrade it to a warpgate). thats all. but i believe what capthavic said, that gateway can be upgraded to warpgates.

so it was all just a big misunderstanding. anyway thanks for the info about warp gates (the original ones). ;D

 

Your right that they couldn't in BW but if you read the info on the official site it says that they are desperate and are willing to build something they barely understand how it works.

And because it's reverse engineered tech they barely understand it's not surprising that it would not be quite as efficient as the original. It uses Warp Gate tech so they called it Warp Gate too.

Anyway the delay is for balance reasons and as you can see in the demo trailer it was only 2-3 seconds; which is still pretty impressive for something being summoned from across the galaxy

 

Well yes the information travels through worm holes so it's instantaneousish.

 

I'm done debating this beacuse you know what, it just a game! God forbid it doesn't adhere to reality and the laws of physics as we know them. If you really care that much then ask the folks at Blizzard since it's their game.

 

Protoss and Zerg look awesome but Terran hasnt impressed me much yet really they dont like that interesting really

 

Yeah indeed, i usually don't read around much on SCII homepage anymore since i can get like 550% more info here But i read about them using reversed engineering and that would make sense i guess.

owerup: for being correct!