With the changing rules my guess is an asymmetrical version to provide more core manipulation.  Much like what they did with the Venom line.

Now this is on my mind.

If it's in the Tank line, I'm going to assume is the Frixion coverstock, or something else that microcell polymer. The Covert Tank is too good and Motiv did too much to have something so unique for them to abandon it.

While they could do something like recon core in same coverstock for more length, I don't think they'll repeat that. Not different enough.

Not pearl, not asym.

They just brought out the thrill which is their light oil ball for length, so probably don't need to redo that.

Hydra is on way out, but can't fill in that spot with something in tank line.

This would be unique, but maybe something like old Visionary Scorther, Some type of particle additive, so is goes from a light oil ball, to usable on heavy oil, but very controllable?

I would add that I suspect the thing that finally kills off urethane is not reactive.

It will ironically be the urethane resurgence, which led the ball companies to look for a new urethane formula that is as Brunswick put it is "better than urethane."

The Brusnwick BTU was just the first experiment in a urethane alternative. It was simply a weak reactive that did nothing to replace urethane, but it was first attempt to replace urethane with something else.

Now Motiv, Storm and 900 Global have non-urethane alternatives.

I wonder if people are disappointed with these balls, not because of any problem with the product, but not matching expectations of a traditional urethane reaction?

That's what I think when I read someone who likes urethane doesn't like Fever Pitch.

It would be worse if people get this Tank Blitz thinking urethane like.

I don't think this trend of non-reactive, but not urethane balls is going to go away. If anyone is reading this forum thinking about getting any such ball, I suggest being open minded that it's not a urethane ball and not to expect traditional urethane reaction. 

At first I thought this was marketing, but Motiv was right, microcell polymer is NOT urethane. It's best to throw the word urethane away with regards to these balls. I love what Motiv is doing, producing the best non-reacitve balls they can and not trying to be urethane.

Being rev dominant and about 3 degrees of axis tilt, on few conditions could I compete against people who have 13 - 18 degrees of tilt using reactive on sport conditions. With these new balls now I feel I can. How I think about my arsenal and how to approach sport bowling is totally different now than it would have been a year ago.

I have since picked up a purple hammer sfter starting this thread.  So far with limited use it seems to give much better continuation thru carrydown than other urethane I have used

Imagine if you had the 16 lb version that actually flares a decent amount. I really wish Hammer had the Purple cover and a diff in the .040s for all weights.

Purple Hammer is a high rg. Low diff ball.  In my opinion it is a very good core, shell matchup
  At least it is for me.

Probably should have posted under reviews,  but got a chance to throw the purple hammer on the wolf.  Best look I have ever had on that pattern.  Carrydown is usually an issue on wolf, but this ball cut through it snd actually opened it up by the 3rd game playing playing 4-5 board.  Best urethane I have iwned yet

+1.  Ball is special for sure which is why is outselling every other urethane right now.

I didn't make that statement but I am almost willing to bet that the Purple Hammer and Pitch Black combined are at least close to the majority of urethane with a real core ball market.  Everything else is a distant third.

Yeah, this balls is special.

I agree