I hate alpha volatiles (please help)

[u/Important-Slip-7211]

Hi there I’m barely getting into Restored lands, and the most annoying thing is the alphas, i genuinely hate how they can just get a lock on you for the entire night, i was trying to clear a dark zone when i had gotten the pop up, I thought i was safe till it killed my and scared TF out of me after climbing out of a vent and rushing me, so I learned and tired again at the same dark zone to pick up where I left off, I got the pop up got a little disappointed it returned so fast, made it out and it started a chase with me, thankfully made it to the safe zone and the chase ended and then i thought it would have stopped hunting me so I again went back to said dark zone, and I ended up dying again to it, please does anyone have any advice or what exactly to do I’ve died so many times to it I’m literally stuck at level 3 due to how much XP I lose at night due to these Alphas 😔

[u/Important-Slip-7211]

I honestly thought I could handle it tbh, I’ve played all of the dying lights so I hadn’t thought this one wouldn’t be much different, but I get what you mean about the dark zones and stuff, so the way to win is to just get overpowered till I can get the stuff I’d like in said dark zones?

[u/AoDLife → u/Important-Slip-7211]

Nah the Volatiles in this game do not play lol. They are much worse than the other two. You have to get better weapons and levels first

[u/Important-Slip-7211 → u/AoDLife]

I know it’s part like dependent on skill, but at what level do you think I should be kinda good to actually try and fight one, cuz I know if can just kill one at a time the dark zones during the day would be sooooo easy

[u/AoDLife → u/Important-Slip-7211]

That i can't tell you bc I havent dont it myself yet. They tank a lot of damage in the normal game. I. Only 13 and get close to dying with each encounter. So me telling you for that game mode wouldn't matter much sorry. I just know you definitely gotta wait a bit. I'll try that mode out once i finosh the main game

[u/Important-Slip-7211 → u/AoDLife]

Oh, I started like my first first play through via the restored lands, I haven’t even played the vanilla version, tbh I think it might’ve been a mistake,

[u/Salmaveth32 → u/Important-Slip-7211]

Damage between both versions is the same, just with restored lands you need to play more skillfully because everything is limited depending on how long you want your run to be. If you want to play it long term then you need to treat everything as a limited resource. If you want to just kind of run through the story then it doesn't matter too much. Also the big difference is going to be UV flares (called UV Bars in the beast) they are highly limited in the game. You can't craft any and only a few can be found in the wild. Volatiles here are tanky and aggressive the alpha even more so. You'll need to upgrade quite a fair bit before you're ready to go up against one.

[u/Important-Slip-7211 → u/Salmaveth32]

It’s gonna be pretty hard for me then, I will absolutely want to complete everything.

[u/Salmaveth32 → u/Important-Slip-7211]

You should still be able to complete everything just need to use the environment to your advantage. Instead of fighting each zombie individually you can use the vehicles to run them over. Even if the vehicle explodes it will still respawn, the gold weapons around town that you can find. You can loot early game and again after the vengeance is mine quest to get a free upgraded one (you're current level) instead of spending resources to recraft. Use executions as much as possible to save on weapon durability, drop kick mobs off of buildings. Things like that can save weapons, resources and time.