When I was working on the Recon assignments someone working the laze was free kills and some on occasion really good 1 v 1 sniper exchange. For everything that is in the game there is a counter to it and if you have been playing a game for over a decade now as most of us have and haven’t figured that out well you need to think differently.
If you play BF4 like DCS World (Tank Simulator, Helicopter Simulator, Infantry Simulator..lol) you might develop stronger opinions on some of the counters to your play style. I love that I can do anything in this game, every class, almost every vehicle and there is always something to do but every thing in the game has a counter it’s just a matter of recognizing and adapting to counter it..
If vehicles are being shut down you best set up and laser from your side to even the play so your ground pounders can do better against their ground pounders.
I regularly change roles to deal with stuff, when you’re only tools a hammer everything looks like a nail right?