Other than Indys I've only owned three other sets of trucks from when I started til now (not including some shitty action trucks I had on an Xgames deck, which was my first board ever):
Destructo
Royal
Venture
I was not a fan of the Royals. The turning was meh, and they grinded weird; it was a weird laggy feeling grind, I had to kinda tug forward a bit while grinding to get a good grind out of them. Imagine the feeling of grinding on an underwaxed chunky curb; that's how they felt everytime, even on really smooth and waxed curbs. I ended breaking them on some flatground trick that I can't remember a week after getting them. The kingpin and baseplate both broke at once. I've heard they've fixed them up since then and that they're a lot better now, and I have at least a couple friends who swear by them, but I think I'm good on trying another pair.
I remember I needed some new trucks one summer, and I had been saving all my money up for a while to buy some. I went to the shop and asked for Indys, but they were all out and didn't know when the next NHS shipment was. I needed trucks really bad, and the only trucks they had that seemed worth getting were some Ventures; low 5.0's with a red hanger and white baseplate. I didn't wanna wait lord knows how long for the next Indy package to arrive at the shop, so I bought the ventures. Right off the bat, the turning bothered the shit outta me. I can't really explain it but they just didn't feel right. This was around the time when I rode super loose trucks too, and for some reason I just could not make them loose enough no matter how hard I tried. It wasn't til I cut the bushings in half and ditched the bottom washers until I finally got them to my liking, and even then they still turned very weird to me. They grinded okay and held up well, but I just couldn't learn to like how they turned. I was so bummed because I was young at the time and money was hard to come by, so I was stuck with those trucks for the whole summer before I had enough money again to buy some Indys. Lesson learned: Stick with what you know you like, unless you are financially stable enough to experiment.
As for the destructos.... I liked em. They grinded well, and the turning felt very close to Indys if I remember correctly. Ended up cracking the hangers on one of the trucks though after only a month or so.