Well, I guess I better get some more good use out if it, while it is still predictable. It is a sad thing, but as I can't imagine you being wrong, the future of my disc is looking rather bleak! I am glad my go to disc is really my Stratus. It is at least simple and they all seems to fly the same...so far.
But see...you are covered. You don't need your Ching Roc to beat into an understable mid if you also carry a Stratus.
The whole point of using Rocs for me is so that I don't
HAVE to carry a Stratus or any other sort of discs whose uses overlap with something else I'm carrying. I'm a minimalist. My right now bag looks like this:
Three Wizards-All putts and approaches
Six Rocs-All mid-range shots. I really only throw three, but I throw them a lot so I lose them a lot. I carry three back-ups.
Three Cyclones-All control drives
Two Valkyries-All distance drives
Two EXP1's-Overstable driver, forehand and overhand shots
Sometimes I carry more like seven molds, but that about as many as I'll carry. I don't want to mess around with getting comfortable with the feel of a bunch of different discs if I can use the same disc for a variety of shots. I use Wizards and Rocs because they start out fairly overstable and beat into discs that can cover the whole spectrum of shots. I use Cyclones and Valks because they are pretty neutral-stable for my power level, so I can put some hyzer or anhyzer on them and execute different shots with them. I carry and overstable driver because, well, sometimes you just need and overstable driver. I don't need an understable driver as a beat Cyclone or Valk will do just fine.
Now, I could take the Rocs out of my bag and carry a Discraft Drone for very overstable midrange shots, a Discraft Wasp for overstable mid-range shots, a Discraft Buzzz for stable to slightly overstable midrange shots, a Discraft Comet for stable to understable midrange shots and a Discraft Meteor for understable midrange shots. There really is nothing wrong with that, as you would cover the spectrum of shots pretty well with those discs. They all feel different, so you would have to adjust your grip according to which one you use. You would have to have more practice time to get familiar with five discs as opposed to one. And sometimes you will be sitting on the tee looking at a shot trying to decide "should I use the Comet or the Meteor" and worrying more about the disc you are going to use rather than what you need to do to execute the shot. But plenty of people take that approach and carry 10-12 different molds, and there is nothing wrong with it. I just choose to do it another way, and for my way I have found that the Roc works best.
