Yeah, I really want a Cyborg Eddie first and foremost...
I think I'll take everyones advice now and give up hope... and just buy skill shards. It makes sense. I've bought enough hopes and dreams (gunner/assasin & sentinel rare souls) to prove to me that it's a total wild goose chase.
Right now I am going to stockpile trooper badges because I heard somewhere that we'll need 1500 trooper badges to instantly buy a new Eddie character in an upcoming update (I forget who posted that, or if it's even legitimate, but I figured I'd try to keep some in stock just in case). I'm at 5000 right now.
OpticSugar-0227
the return of Muffin! lvl 100 red warrior Troll
"Goin' all the way, I'm nature's beast;
Do what I want and do as I please"
Skills is OK if you have a character that you use almost every level <cough>Blue allied soldier</cough>. I find that I swap characters around a hell of a lot on Rifts, and would struggle to get enough skill shards to scatter around and make a difference. Based on that I'm indulging my inner gambler and grabbing souls until I get another must-include character to skill up.
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#1 for me too.
So connecting it back to the topic, I always buy 1 skill shard a week and use the rest for rare souls. This week I'm deviating because I'm going to open 3 assassin/gunner rare souls at once so I can be triply disappointed at not getting Cyborg Eddie again.
I gave up with soldier Eddie and the skill shards, I'm going to dump them inti the hellhound next, then probably Carriage rider. Besides the fact, I find soldier Eddie is epic for farming and doesn't need the skills increased. Samurai and Carriage rider are not nearly as good at farming, but they're way better boss killers imo compared to soldier -> they don't have the skill shard black holes either.
Drew-1616
16 5 star characters level 100, 51 max talismans. Mostly Red builds.
I rotate between the red bat, hellhound, samurai, soldier, purple harpy, and Carriage Rider. Looking for active troopers with Eddie champion, or max talisman ally.
I only use my points on skill shards. After several disappointing results from rare souls I learned my lesson. Plus, they really can make a difference on some characters.
There is really no reason to buy souls over shards.
QED-6465 (Daily player, I rotate my shared characters).