How did they nerf the 262? I fly it here and there and haven't noticed any huge difference from AH2 to AH3. 
it was long long ago, not during the AH2->AH3 transition. The plane used to be able to pull more AoA than it could handle, and since there was no torque it would "mush" through a turn very much like a P-38. This would bleed your E and wasn't the best to keep doing, BUT it allowed you to "mush" into a deflection shot and the overall responsiveness of the elevators felt (subjectively, from hindsight) about twice as good as we have now. Now it feels like it has stall limiter on all the time. Almost like the difference of flying a Ki-84 with combat trim on the elevators or manual trim, but more noticable.
