Batch 46 has been released by Karune and addresses several items such as friendly fire, idle animations, and building production mechanics!

Chat with Devs:StarCraft II is definitely evolving to be even more intense than the original StarCraft, with the increased mobility of units with cliff traversing abilities, as well as new transport abilities. In response, the development team has buffed up the Terran Planetary Fortress to have splash damage as well, which has proven to hold off decently against raids now, especially with your SCVs fixing the command center at a very high rate.

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Batch 45 has finally come out after a long wait, but it was well worth it for the amount of information in this week's Q&A. The devs sit down and discuss the new mechanics for hallucination and the queen's mutant larva, while Karune answers some questions about the Zerg that any Zerg player should take a look at.

As a special treat, this weeks Q&A ends with a "weekly blue roundup" where Karune has answered some questions straight off of Battle.net. A lot of good information is in it, with a rather large section on the Colossus. Overall it's a good Q&A, giving a lot of information to help put to rest some of those questions that appeared after BlizzCon.

Chat with Devs: After BlizzCon, it has been very exciting to see all the feedback from the fans and pro players about the latest build of StarCraft II. There was lots of noted feedback about both the Colossus and the Nydus Worms (which we are currently polling on right now in the gameplay forum). At my most recent meeting with Dustin, we decided to chat about some of the lesser focused on topics, that have undergone quite a few changes since the original StarCraft.

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November is approaching quickly and it's important to make sure your vote counts! Which is why you should vote in the StarCraft 2 polls that Blizzard has recently posted on Battle.net. No, they won't decide the leader of the free world but perhaps they should. These poll results will go directly to the developers unfiltered and uncut. So no matter how you plan to vote in the Presidential election (or whether you can or not) make sure to exercise your right as a StarCraft Citizen! And just like a knowledgeable political newspaper, we'll give you our opinion as to how we think you should vote.

Poll 1: Protoss Warp-In

(Warp-In is a fun mechanic, we like it and so should you! If you can see yourself using microed in units and adding single units to the battle, by all means vote for it!)

Poll 2: Medivac Dropship

(While the Medivac is, umm... Okay. We don't think it's all that awesome. Vote No!)

Poll 3: Nydus Worm

(This one is your call. While a nice mechanic it doesn't have the strength that the Zerg really need. It could survive but it needs changes. You decide!)