Very excited about getting this ball, it is coming 15 lb, 3.5 - 4 oz top weight, 3-4" pin.  Got a great deal on it, $140 shipped with Google checkout from bowlingball.com.  

I had an NS2, which I didn't match up with at the time, the ball was too strong at the time. I sold to a kid who loved it.   He beat me many a time with that ball.  My game has changed a lot since then, I throw it faster(too much, I have a hard time playing as deep as I used to, even though I'm revving it almost twice as much)and the NS2 could always be counted on to just flat out hook.

I currently have a World Class, which has been a great ball, I had my best score as of so far with it (277), and has held up for several hundred games with no resurface.  Legends/LM quality, in my experience, is the real deal, and that is vital to me.

I'm a straighter player who throws it 18-19 mph as calculated pindeck, 300 or so rpm.  I'm hoping to use this ball to open up the lanes a little bit.  I have a Hammer No Mercy that lost it's original reaction very quickly, and doesn't match up well with my game.  With the #1 drilling, the ball doesn't really grab too well for me, it tends to skate past the breakpoint on me.  I have an Action Attack, drilled 5 by 3 with a weight hole, that reacts well for me with a nice angular movement.  I'm looking for the same reaction out of the Black Pearl, angular but not skid flip.  Any suggestions?