Thanks for the thorough replies! My base profile was CHEP’s On an ender 3 but that was for a .4mm nozzle and I’m running .8mm. I’ve used it pre-direct drive with a lot of success at the listed speeds but since putting the direct drive on I haven’t been able to get it behaving properly.
Will run through recommendations above and post results this afternoon. I have tweaked extra prime amount and that reduces the issue but doesn’t eliminate so I think that masks the root cause.
Thanks again for the input!