if a bearing has thick lube, it can come back up without any kind of response. I played my 888 without response for a couple of days until I cleaned the bearing and siliconed it.
And (that I know of) the aquarius doesn’t have any real response other than a thin gap and a responsive bearing.
Response systems are for the response of the yoyo while sleeping. If there isn’t any type of response, it will most likely come out like skipping a rock. This is because the string has nothing to grip to, therefore, almost impossible to bind or throw.