It takes any meaningful sort of micro to plant a mine?
Sweepers "hardcounter" mines? I beg to differ. There is only so much sweeping capability you can actually afford to project on the field, and as Ostheer, which will ceteris paribus always be behind in map presence, there is no such thing as remotely failsafe counterplay to explosives. Mind you, in Coh, there is no such thing as a real hardcounter anyways in any given dynamic - which is a strength of this game - but in this particular case, the discrepancy is out of all proportion. Of course this can be mitigated, ie. by shift-moving around customary mine spots etc., but that does not mean its not broken. Sapienti sat.
I said in comparison to getting a sweeper. It takes more micro. L2r. Laying a mine does require a bit of forethought in terms of placement.
And sweepers do hardcounter mines. They have a very large detection radius that basically lets you see where they are and nullifies infantry and tanks triggering it. they also allow regular non-minesweeper engies remove the mines too. Provided that the mine is revealed.
It's pretty clear that you have made up yournmind in believing mines are op so have fun with that.
I just cant fathom how someone could complain about mines when there are counters available in every faction. Pushing into enemy territory has risks. You either go with a sweeper or fail and come bitch over here i guess