Ignoring my excellent witticism within the title this is actually a serious post, which will be somewhat biased by my personal opinion. That is, I believe landmines (aka landmemes, African stepping stones, my penis, landgayz etc.) do not have a place in DayZ, or at least in the profusion one can find them in within the game world. I think I speak for many when I say I don't need to explain why I have this opinion, as I have seen too many of my comrades and my self cheaply de-feeted by this "weapon". However, for the sake of the report I shall elaborate.
1) Landmines are too OP in general - They do devastating damage within a fairly large radius, insta-killing anyone within about 20-30 metres or badly wounding them, they are very hard to see due to their size and colour (green) and will blend in with even the most minimal of foliage, even if you look for it chances are you will likely miss it (and who the fuck wants to spend all game keeping an eye out for these little spitfucks anyway? especially if you're already in a high risk military zone poopin ya pants as it is.
2) They require little to no effort to operate - you don't even have to pick them up; you can just look at it on the ground then select "activate". One can then wait patiently for a poor, unsuspecting survivor to stumble across it (one that has probably spent at least half an hour to an hour looting up), then proceed to rake in their "hard-earned" winnings. This creates what I see as an unfair advantage against other players and adds to cheap, cheesy nature of this item.
3) They are too easy to acquire - literally, go into a general military zone and you're bound to find at least one, (probably already activated lmao). A possible solution to this is to restrict the zones in which this item can spawn, reducing its rarity whilst creating balance for the item (I understand being early patch this is subject to change in following hotfixes and this post - i.e. massive whingey sook - is potentially a waste of time).
4) Dere rly gey lol xD
So in conclusion, I believe Landmines are too overpowered and disturb the nature of the game itself, infuriating many whom have fallen victim to them. I don't know, just. Remove them or reduce their spawns or something. Otherwise. I'll. Be slightly displeased. Thankyou.