It's a very different ball, it reminds me a ton of the Street Fight, but stronger.  It doesn't really rev, so it's all cover and differential.  I've found it works best when the lanes get choppy because it doesn't overreact on anything, it blends wet/dry pretty well, or when you have a ton of friction on the backend that you need to calm down, then it works pretty well.  It's a specific use ball, it's not just a pull it out of the bag and use it because you want to type ball.  As long as you keep that in mind and watch for specific circumstances to use it in, I think you'll be alright. 

^^^ what you haven't bought a ball, and have it react differently than the manufacturers intent? It seems like every other or every 3rd ball I buy should be titled stuff like this:

"Sneaky strong"
"Less midlane than advertised"

Etc etc...

Luke's giving honest feedback of what the ball does foe him, I'm pretty sure.  The drive I see at league is exactly what the OP describes. Not a fresh oil ball.

So it appears Storm's marketing hype is wrong...….again.  I'm still smarting from reality vs. the hype of the catalyst core used in the Crux.
Thank God we have a poster like Luke to set the record straight on individual ball performance for Storm products..

So it appears Storm's marketing hype is wrong...….again.  I'm still smarting from reality vs. the hype of the catalyst core used in the Crux.
Thank God we have a poster like Luke to set the record straight on individual ball performance for Storm products..

Og Crux was garbage

They didn't get that line right until the alpha
..

Alpha Crux was a ball I regret never getting....

Maybe "rev" is the wrong word, maybe it's "roll."  Both it and the Timeless are rather consistent on the backend . . if you have the kind of revs they designed the ball for.  The mistakes with these two weren't in design or execution, they were in marketing, and having people like Diandra saying that old people and young people, and dogs and cats and hamsters all needed a Timeless.  The Timeless was ONLY good for me late in a longer format sweeper block when I needed something that was going to clear the heads and not really think about doing much until the end of the pattern, then it was great.  It was however absolute nails for the crowd it was designed for, when people came in asking about it, the only two answers I gave were absolutely or absolutely not.  The Drive is "better," mainly due to the Nano factor I'm pretty sure, but it blends the end of the pattern more and is rounder, but it's still a niche ball for anyone under a 500 rev rate

My gosh, where would we be without Tamer, and Luke?