That was my point. Rock, paper and scissors. If anything can beat something that’s not R.P. & S. And mines don’t always have to kill to be effective; many times when I hear a possible enemy approaching I’ll usually put a mine there retreat a bit hopeful that when we start firing at each other I can get him to step on the mine and he loses just enough HP for me to finish him off quickly. They can also act as early alarm systems even if they are defused, etc.
Anyway, I like the fact firing will automatically stop running so that restrictive feeling of BF2 is gone.