I know this is just a matter of opinion but I figured I would start a conversation between storm nation and whoever else that may be interested in expressing their thoughts about this topic. This will be very general and not very detailed. Starting in 2008 storm and roto grip truly started to put together a dynasty. I personally have owned these bowling balls Whether bought, won, or given to me. Cell, Virtual Gravity, Virtual Energy, Nano, Hyroad, Victory Road, Crossroad, Frantic, Tropical Heat, Infinite Theory, Defiant, Lucid, Sync, Marvel, Prodigy, Reign, and Natural. I look back and think to myself, "WOW what an arsenal!!!!!" But now that I have started getting more involved in drilling my own equipment and understanding layouts, the high performance solid bowling balls are not nearly as versatile and useful as the mid performance bowling balls. With the exception to the cell orginal and marvel, every solid bowling ball I have owned by storm has less versatility and forgiveness. I personally have won more events and racked up more honor scores with my victory road, hyroad, and frantic than even some bowling balls that are considered better such as the virtual gravity which is storm's all time leading seller. I do not see how that is possible knowing the hy-road has been out for 4 years.

I just wanted to show my personal experiences with the products I have owned.  regardless of what company you thrown, I would now like to hear from other bowlers out there.

Do you agree the mid performance bowling balls are extremely under rated? Y
Do you believe bowling companies should focus more on these lines? Y
Are companies becoming to involved in trying to produce stronger equipment?
What do you think about the Stronger bowling balls now-a-days? and would you consider weakening the coverstocks a bit?
What are your thoughts about companies continuing to increase the hook potential of High performance Balls?

This is really just more of a conversation starter.

Im getting a bandit and a vr solid out of the shop tomorrow too! Wooohoooo!

I'm a huge Brunswick fan and think the mid to lower series from them and many companies are very on par for what is needed. In many cases some are really too strong. I just recently drilled a green/blue Karma. This ball uses PK18 pearl which has been around since the Danger Zone Black Ice of 1997ish. The ball had been nothing short of amazing for me on any typically house shot I have faced from Med/Heavy on down. Broken down left overs are no problem either.

Many companies push the higher end equipment so much more because that is where the big dollars are at. Many of the high end covers make their way into the lower series withen a year or so and are very reasonably priced. Most still chase the new ball crazy for the next biggest hook monster.

In most cases people have too much ball and I have seen time and time again peoples scores suffer trying to play the wrong ball because they spent a lot of $$$ for the new super ball and want to use it no matter what the lanes are saying other wise.

Ebonites biggest hooking ball cover from 6 years ago is the GB10.7 from the One, this is now used on their entry line ball. That is a lot of bang for the buck. "Todays oils" that many manufactures try to push on us as the reason for all of this crazy stuff is a joke. My Karma is a great example of how well older technology can still dominate on todays conditions.

I'm a huge Brunswick fan and think the mid to lower series from them and many companies are very on par for what is needed. In many cases some are really too strong. I just recently drilled a green/blue Karma. This ball uses PK18 pearl which has been around since the Danger Zone Black Ice of 1997ish. The ball had been nothing short of amazing for me on any typically house shot I have faced from Med/Heavy on down. Broken down left overs are no problem either.

Many companies push the higher end equipment so much more because that is where the big dollars are at. Many of the high end covers make their way into the lower series withen a year or so and are very reasonably priced. Most still chase the new ball crazy for the next biggest hook monster.

In most cases people have too much ball and I have seen time and time again peoples scores suffer trying to play the wrong ball because they spent a lot of $$$ for the new super ball and want to use it no matter what the lanes are saying other wise.

Ebonites biggest hooking ball cover from 6 years ago is the GB10.7 from the One, this is now used on their entry line ball. That is a lot of bang for the buck. "Todays oils" that many manufactures try to push on us as the reason for all of this crazy stuff is a joke. My Karma is a great example of how well older technology can still dominate on todays conditions.

I have to agree,my Cyclones and my Torrid are more than enough ball 90% of the time.I have a Pursuit,and a Rogue cell that(while both are great balls)just sit on the rack at home.I just don't see the volume of oil to use anything stronger than entry-mid level equipment.I'm hoping I will be able to get some use out of the Yeti I recently purchased.