Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-27844966-20161220015141/@comment-26410366-20161220015439

Can you make NPCs that lead other NPCs into battle / better hired unit AI / etc.?
Sir or Madam, you have unrealistic expectations of what can be done in Minecraft. This is a voxel-based sandbox game, not a war game. Whenever someone asks for something like this, it makes me wonder whether if you'd ask the developers of your favourite RTS or FPS game to add building blocks and fully deformable terrain to their game...

Such a feature could in theory be added but it would take a long time indeed to develop and debug it. Time which, at the moment, is more wisely spent building up the world of Middle-earth.



                                                                                -The FAQ



While I love this quote, it is also sadly relevant to the topic of this suggestion.