I was using AA and they directly impacted the targets and killed them immediately without a puffy ack burst (just a small hit graphic). Did it last night again at very short range (less than the 1.5K minimum).
Hmp. I must've been missing with the AAs then.
Another thing I noticed last night, though it does kind of qualify as 'flashy'. Concrete really seems to stick out like a sore thumb with bump mapping turned on. Where before I had to look for roads in towns, now they're much much more visible.
Wiley.