Neg SKJohn, was firing everything I had
The small round pieces are basicly just "eyecandy" and doesn't affect performance anything
I have a dual stage trigger on the HOTAS Cougar.
I have it setup in a different way compared to most people. I fire secondary weapon (cannons usually) in the first stage and MG's the second stage. So every time I fire I fire cannons. The reason I set it up like that was because in snapshots before, like the one you saw here, the cannons would sometimes miss because I didn't reach the second stage of the trigger fast enough.
I have an option to fire MG's only if I hold another button on the stick.
Don't think it is a question of ez-mode weapons really, specially not on purpose.
I think though, the way AH handles Dammage, where something MUST fall off to make a difference in handeling is "pro" some weapons. Specially Hispanos which have such a high velocity combined with alot of HE.
50 cal has suffered some since AH2 (they used to be absolutely uber in AH).
My hopes for AH in the future is still an improved DM where each round cerates some kind of dammage to the actual airfoil without having to take pieces off of planes. This would make both the Japanese and LW planes better and more competative.
The Ho5 guns have a quite high velocity, not to mention ROF (highest of the 20mm) but they lack punch because of quite little HE compared to other guns.