So I guess the playerbase finally discovered why these fucking things are so inconsistent. Sometimes they charge you, spawn enemies, and are generally a menace. Most of the time they just exist and seemingly lose the will to live.
Turns out their AI literally ceases to exist unless they're engaged with the lobby host. Specifically engaged with the host, because the host just being nearby doesn't do anything. If the Alpha Commander is trying to kill any player but the host, his AI breaks and he just walks off in a random direction until he despawns. He doesn't attack, spawn enemies, or anything. If he's targeting the host, he'll actually start spawning endless waves of alpha warriors.
10 months of thinking /hdg/ was trying to gaslight me about this enemy. I guess it was just solodivers insisting that they've been fine?
How does this even happen?