Karune, Blizzard’s Official RTS Community Manager, has released a sixth batch of answers. It’s been a while since the last update, and we’re hungry for new information…

Sorry about the slight delay of Batch 6, as it has been quite hectic at E3 over the past week. Although, I hope you enjoyed the interviews that did come out of the E3 event!

 

I hope you enjoy this latest batch of Questions & Answers, highlighting some popular questions about Protoss and gameplay. In our next batch, we’ll be answering some popular fan questions about the Terran Siege Tank amongst several others.

On to the answers:

1) Are Photon and Phase Cannons 2 different buildings?

 

The Phase Cannon is the new version of the StarCraft Photon Cannon. There will not be a Photon Cannon in StarCraft II.

 

2) Will carriers (Tempest) produce more than one drone type?

 

Not at this time.

 

3) Fans noticed in your art video that thye Colossus ground unit was under fire from missile turrets. Is this due to the Colossus’s exceptionally high attack profile (tall stature) or a ground-to-ground attack feature/option for the turrets?

 

Because of the Colossus’s height, it will be susceptible to Anti Air defenses like the Terran Missile Turrets, as well as both ground and air attacks. It is possible for the Colossus to be hit by ground and air attacks at the same time.

This has already been explained in the Colossus page update. Perhaps Karune ran out of questions to answer?

4) Will there be critters units and can they attack?

 

There will be critters, but they wont attack. If they did they would be creeps.

 

5) Will holding the Alt button show unit/building hit points overhead as they did in Warcraft 3?

 

Yes, when holding the Alt button, all health bars of buildings and units on the screen will be displayed. This is an excellent way to quickly assess which units are healthy and which units are damaged.

Not a lot of new information this week.