I agree. The way I tend to deal with it is running trough other players (both allies and enemies) and thereby trying to make it stick to them instead. This makes it seem like it’s a bot.

Like where you would start with 2-3 unarmed minions and you can choose for yourself what to arm them with?

A chance to do what?

Wolves? I think that sounds a little bit hostile. What about dogs?

WOW, is game reviewing your job or something?

But what would you do with the campfire then?

This would be to more use if there was a lake ...

What do you mean?

True.

They would still need to be recognizable so you would know which team they were on.