Every day has been like this for two weeks now, except the Marius 4* still won't show up...really testing my will power to save resources. 

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Lol.... confirmation bias, tin foil, etc...

I maintain a list of 1 that i will currently burn essence for each type, and my gold list is currently empty despite having well over 300. My silver list could be expanded to a few but unless I know 100% more likely to regret the purchase. 

Maybe it is all just a coincidence, but I wouldn't be surprised if Plarium increased the odds of higher-star splits leading into events like a Path or DoF that needs soulstones.  The drop rates on splits in the market are not published anywhere at all, so Plarium can change them any time they want.  I'd certainly do it if I were them. 

Additionally, all drop rates have been hidden from the data-miners since some time last year, so no one would know if Plarium made ongoing tweaks to the soul market.

This week's DoF is a straight out play to drain immortal soulstones before we need them in a couple of weeks. 

My Gold list has exactly one tenant:  Marius, and he isn't even 4* yet.  

I am quite a bit more free with Silver Essence, and I have a habit of taking every Lego that I actively use to 3*. 

I had a 6* split for Kro'khad show up twice in three days. Still not done building him yet or I probably would've been tempted.

I haven't seen any increase in valuable souls. Just RNG and confirmation bias

I got a 5* for horsey a little while ago, desperatly hoping his 6 will show up every refresh

I've got 300 gold things set aside for it, and also another 100 for C. Cat's 5* . Not currently setting aside silver for anyone, though there are a few i could use; Gnut for instance

So even with coin savings u aren't popping 10 or 20 for 2x?

agree that it's confirmation bias, but today does feel a wee bit excessive

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edit: missed it the first time, but apparently there was a 6 star shamael soul tucked away in there as well.

And that is evidence that you are on the list for the boosted algorithm too......  

However, my reset tonight was the first one in two weeks w/o anything worth thinking about. 

evidence, you say?

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😆 🤣 

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Almost pulled the trigger on robar... but more importantly wtf did i use the 5s for... 😆 

I pulled a half dozen immortals earlier.  Not sure how many I will pull total. 

Fully aware that I could sound like a conspiracy nut, but as I said above, the algorithm for soul merchant drops has never been posted anywhere in the game or exposed by a data-miner to my knowledge.

If I was Plarium, I would change it based on in-game events, but of copurse, I have no way to know if they do.

I can't imagine anyone wanting to drop 300 gold on a 6* split for Robar, but you do you.

How can you NOT buy the 1* for Mamalama™ since you already have her?

Probably should have, but I only use in Fw so doesn't really help.  If i don't plan on buying to 4 I won't use the silver on 1 or 2s...

If you are that stingy with silver essence, how much are you sitting on?

Not sure why your threshold is buying to 4*.  CD is only good for Damage Dealers.  3* is what you need for 75% of toons to have a huge impact on stats, and it also improves most blessings enough to matter. Of course, 5* is even better, but a lot more resource intensive.

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I'm a hoarder and lazy... but I burned a bunch of coins on 2x.  Will finish deck with training...

Really? I use her in Hydra and Chimera. Block buffs, speed down, plus skill reset and tm on a champ. I put her in a cursed set for hydra so shes also my hex champ with an aoe a1

And speak of the devil, I just bought Gnut's 3* in the market, extra 600 def on him is very nice :)

I'm also on team Lamasu is good to invest in - has too many applications in too many areas of the game to ignore, IMO.