As for judging the acceleration rate by " feel" , lets not forget that EK MFF policy has the bus drivers flying 3 variants 332/343/345. Each with very unique acceleration qualities. Add a wide variety of weight regimes ( anything from a light 332 going to DOH) to a heavy 345 out of MEL. Also anything from max flex to Toga. Artificial rotation feeling that is different on the 345 to the other two. I recall a ' dead space' at about 2/3 back stick as a result of different rotation logic on the A345.
MFF does have its dangers.