I have noticed that not all aliens have the same stats but I have during a map encountered an Taman Alien that has enough agility to avoid reactive fire and butcher my defenders, more health to sustain 1-2 more hits and improved accuracy. Yes, the Taman did wear armor, but so did other Tamans, and he still went down slower.
Has anyone else encountered these aliens? Or perhaps its just a pure stroke of luck? I am pretty Happy if it is indeed the case, fighting a corporal or Sergent ranked Alien only adds more dimension to the game, rather than always thinking they have certain health that will die after X amount of hits. It also seems more of an challenge to isolate and suppress the said alien that isnt in supportive formation, and adds a danger assessment to the game. I personally would like to see 1-2 or more special alien leaders every mission to spice it up abit. Also, it only makes sense to have super aliens when u get super soldiers 1% of the time.
I am currently playing very hard, and is it possible to include this as a future feature to the said difficulty?
Edit: I try to avoid having soldiers with less than 24 agility on RF in close range, say around a corner. If I can recall correctly, the said alien also bypassed one of my soldiers with 32 agility.