History VideoGame / Volcanoids

* PinataEnemy Much like their MetalSlime counterparts, COG Combat Tanks are loaded with useful materials. Problem is, ''un''like the others, they're armed, and will not hesitate to shoot back.

** One device that takes the form of a large red wheel (and smaller wheels built into some other devices), when activated, causes all of your drillship's exterior modules to close, allowing them to withstand greater damage in exchange for not functioning.

** COG Transport and Combat Tanks will provide more than enough resources to recoup those expended in trying to destroy them.
** Drillships themselves, once boarded and bereft of crew (and [[MookMaker the means to make more]]), can provide mountains of materials that will more than likely require several trips to collect, though unless you have a Support Drone or three to ferry all of it, you're going to have to either focus on what you need, or destroy the drill to prevent it from departing.

** Transport Tanks will also attempt to escape whenever they're attacked by the player, but have stronger armor. Destroying or damaging them enough will cause them to dislodge their cargo, giving the player access to the resource they were hauling.
** Combat Tanks, unlike their lesser brothers, will charge directly at player and will only stop until either you or they are dead. They also come equipped with much more dangerous turrets compared to Transport or Utility Tanks. [[MetalSlime While tough to take down, they have an absurd amount of munitions to scavenge when destroyed]], easily recouping munitions spent taking them down. These are split into light and heavy variants.

** Anyone, human or COG, that has the misfortune of being in the path of a moving drillship will learn first-hand why turrets aren't the only reason you should give moving ones a wide berth, although it's practically impossible to pull off deliberately.

** The Support Drone isn't just a portable bulwark. There are ammo and health stations on the sides of the main body, and while both the Turret and Support Drones can be used to bring loot back to the drillship, the Support Drone can also ferry resources from the drillship to the player if they don't want to go all the way back to the 'ship to resupply.

* BaseOnWheels: The drillship, A massive mobile factory that is your primary means of transport across the ash-blasted island of Adranos.

** Anyone, human or COG, that has the misfortune of being in the path of a moving drillship will learn first-hand why turrets aren't the only reason you should give those things a wide berth, although it's practically impossible to pull off deliberately.

** [[SubsystemDamage Averted]] for COG tanks: They have a layer of armor that must be destroyed to access their soft weak points; Destroying one of their treads makes them unable to flee the player by limiting them to moving in circles and reduces their move speed; Destroying both treads immobilizes them completely; Destroying their turrets will prevent them from being able to attack at range, not to mention that each component has its own armor, instead of having the whole thing break off at once like the player's armor.

** Mortars are perfectly capable of making high-arcing shots that sail over any defenses.

* DrillTank: The drillship looks like a cross between a tank, a train, and a worm, but it is nonetheless a durable machine that, with the right upgrades, can NoSell any terrain, and shrug off attacks that would cripple even the toughest [=COGs=].

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: If you order your drillship to go underground while there are COG soldiers aboard, but you yourself aren't, the [=COGs=] that are trapped inside will stand down until you call it back to the surface. Inversely, if you board a COG drillship, it will not go underground until you leave, and if you enter one that's about to leave, it will abort the process and redeploy.

* AttackDrone: The [=COGs=] use both light and heavy drones to supplement their ground forces. The light variant is adept at harassing the player and speeding around, while the heavy drone rains death from above with explosive grenades.
** The player gets their own drones that can be deployed remotely form the drillship. Unburrowing from the ground, the Support Drone unfolds into a bulwark to tank shots for you, while the Turret Drone uses whatever weapon you have equipped on it to shoot at [=COGs=].

** Downplayed for drillships without the tier IV hull upgrade, which can go through basic magma (but not hot magma) for a couple of seconds before taking damage

** [[DeathFromBelow Inverted]] for the turret and support drones the player can field, which can be summoned under a COG for a OneHitKill.

** Thought you could be cheeky by pestering far-off [=COGs=] with a Sniper Rifle or Turret Drone? The survivors will make a beeline for your location even if they gave to cross the entire breadth of the area to do so, leading to quite a surprise if your drillship doesn't have any turrets deployed.

** Drillships themselves, once boarded and bereft of crew (and [[MookMaker the means to make more]]), can provide mountains of materials that will more than likely require several trips to collect, though unless you have a Support Drone or three to ferry all of it, you're going to have to either focus on what you need, or destroy the drill to prevent it from departing. During the late-game, repeatedly taking out COG Flagships will quickly leave you with more resources than you know what to do with.

** Three of the available weapons in the game involve explosives, with another being the good ol' double-barreled shotgun, so you're bound to hit more than one target at least once.[[note]]Though the shotgun only counts if you use tier 1 ammo. Anything higher uses slugs instead of buckshot.[[/note]]

** The Support Drone that the player can deploy instantly unfurls into a literal ''wall'' that can't attack on its own, but is plenty durable. They can easily soak damage for you while you lob grenades over them, act as deployable cover, or just be a plain old distractions while you and your Turret Drones flank the [=COGs=]. One rather cheeky strategy is to have a pair of Mortar-equipped Turret Drones pop up ''behind'' a Support Drone, at which point they'll unhesitatingly fire over the wall to hit [=COGs=] beyond it.

* TankGoodness: [=COGs=] will occasionally have tanks patrolling around the area, which come in four varieties.

* StoneWall: Well, more like metal wall, but the Support Drone that the player can deploy instantly unfurls into a sturdy wall that can't attack on its own, but is plenty durable. They can easily soak damage for you while you lob grenades over them, act as deployable cover or just plain old distractions while you and your Turret Drones flank the [COGs=].

* AttackDrone: The COGs use both light and heavy drones to supplement their ground forces. The light variant is adept at harassing the player and speeding around, while the heavy drone rains death from above with explosive grenades.
** The player gets their own drones that can be deployed remotely form the drillship. Unburrowing from the ground, the Support Drone unfolds into a bulwark to tank shots for you, while the Turret Drone uses whatever weapon you have equipped on it to shoot at COGs.

* StoneWall: Well, more like metal wall, but the Support Drone that the player can deploy instantly unfurls into a sturdy wall that can't attack on its own, but is plenty durable. They can easily soak damage for you while you lob grenades over them, act as deployable cover or just plain old distractions while you and your Turret Drones flank the COGs.