Love the colors on this ball, ball is very smooth, it was advertise strong midland drilled it 40x5x30 so for me it is hook stop. Going to add surface to because this casing me to have over/ under reaction.

I recommend the Track Tempo as a step down ball from the Decree.  It flare a bit less and is longer than the decree.  Core and cover wise its a perfect compliment.  The BTU pearl needs absolute friction to work to its best capabilities while the Tempo is a bit stronger.

There is a Decree Pearl on the approved list 11/3.  Havent seen any info on it yet.

The cover on the Decree is the base solid from the Composite Fang cover on the Pitbull series. For me I had to let it lanshine a bit, I got the same basic thing hook stopping that you are seeing. Once I let it laneshine some, it was definitely more useable on house shots. One thing ive learned since being on staff, is these balls with stronger covers need some break in time, I always get 10-15 games of shine on the oob surface before I do a surface change. Hope this helps!