One thing I really use to like in AW was the ability to use your mouse to control the Buff Gunners.
I have my joystick setup so that I get fairly slow and even response from it (typical E fighter setup). However this means that it is totally unsuitable for use in gunning. Plus the whole up / down opposite thing really confuses me with a stick.
One nice way might be that if you hold down your "right button" your mouse will aim the guns. And the left button fires them (if the right button is held down).
This way you could use the mouse in the normal fashion in AH, and give it added functionability for gunners.
Another bonus is that conceivably, you could retain the aircraft control mapping to the stick, and be able to control your guns at the same time.
This would be exceptionally helpful once we get heavy fighters, dive bombers, torpedo bombers, and other attack aircraft, that have light MG's as defensive guns. Then we could actually make defensive manuevers while using the gun.
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Vermillion
**MOL**, Men of Leisure,
Dicta Verm: "Never give the suckers an even break!" or translated "Never engage without an advantage"