Iunno if they lowered the rates, but I can certainly say that my 10-pull attempt at the special selection gacha earlier did not go according to plan. I still have more jewels to throw at the gacha if I wanted, but I'm not terribly sure about the wisdom in throwing more jewels in. One thing I can definitely say though, between the folks in the selection gacha (especially Amon, even though my Fire roster is highly undeveloped atm) and the new Christmas Sol, I definitely feel a strong urge to throw what saved jewels I have out.

By the way, how do people teambuild using Vahagn and Shamash? Especially the former; I lucked out in getting them out of tickets from the Epic Quests, but find myself scratching my head on what teammates they're after. Or at least in Shamash's case, I have some idea what to do but don't really know how Intercepts work when a teammate has Guard active.

It's also probably something that may be better asked in the Which Souls thread but since I'm already posting here as well, are there any Soul Weapons other than Hercule's Neme Askal, Solomon's Lemegeton Key and Shingen's (I'm assuming) Heaven and Earth that are especially game-changing/highly coveted?