Hey everyone, thanks for the input. I'm going to check out some of the balls mentioned in the thread.
And to add some clarity - I'm okay with covering more boards. My goal is to find a ball that's going to give me a similar read as my Totally Defiant, even if it rolls a touch sooner, or has a touch more backend, or handles more oil. My TD probably has upwards of 500 games on it, with 2 bakes & resurfaces, so it's not quite the ball it was on Day 1. But the motion and continuation are legit for me.
I'm with CoorZero - the TD is probably my 2nd favorite ball behind the oft forgotten Storm Gravity Shift.