Training Stream - Getting Started with Landscape Materials and Foliage - Feb 14 - Live from Epic HQ!

I would have a few questions, guys. Are static meshes (and their LODs) placed by using the Foliage tool always Hierarchical Instanced Static Meshes (with their LODs) by default ? Do static meshes placed with the Foliage tool have some attributes preset (attributes that are not set when placing the meshes just as static mesh instances or hierarchical mesh instances inside a blueprint) ? And the last question combines the first two question into an example - if I wanted to make a pier area, with large number of shipping containers and barrels scattered around (after explosion), is it wise to use the Foliage tool for this ? Thanks.