@shan_sarkar Thank you. I feel like I've been in and out of those links a million times for the past months, and will continue to do so 🙂
The Create Locator GP tool and locator output is easy to build, versatile in the use of roles, and overall I'm fairly happy with the output; but like you said, if often times only gets 80% of the way there or has competing configuration needs. I've been trying to configure some locators for Public Safety / CAD purposes, and it doesn't always meet the needs for such a high demand and stressful environment. In addition, there are too many black boxes, especially with suggestions, on how the locators are running behind the scenes, which often requires a lot of data manipulation and test building to figure out.
It almost feels to me like ESRI locators were built with a more global scale in mind, where there is lots of data, potentially lots of duplicate attribute but spatially different data, and there is a need to streamline the underlying reference data. I think this approach may miss some of the nuances and configuration that may be needed on a more local level.
Unfortunately, I don't think switching products will be an option. There may be other build options, more work-around options, more "under the hood" options to look into, but that is all just adding more complexity into an already complex system that I'd like to avoid.