maybe in his dive he compressed mildly before trying the stick back, that would give the feeling of a certain degree of nerfing...
Climbed to 15k and dove vertically straight down, and could not rip the wingtips of either. Could not get past 6Gs on the meter, it seemed.
...seems likely. i thought the way HT answered was ambigous, he didnt say it hadnt been changed at all in other aspects, the suspense is far from killing me.