What happened to the 88mm flak puff?

[DD_Fenrir]

Anyone else getting a rather anemic looking 88mm flak shell burst since the last patch? 

 

These used to look authentic, dark menacing little clouds of death that would linger, fading slowly whilst their bretheren thumped into existence around you, appearing to stalk and trace your path through the atmosphere.

 

Now they appear as a few spotty grey flecks of smoke and disappear almost instantly.

 

Just me or was this one of the performance concessions made by ED recently?

[REDEYE_CVW-66]

I can confirm and I agree. 

[Rolds]

Yes it seems to me that the 88mm puff was somehow replaced with the 40mm puff in the last patch.

[Reflected]

I noticed that too