Yes, me as well, I always buy the tormented souls, sextants, sinews, essences, joshua's spice...which must be the rarest item and its rarity is very inconsistent. Better to have them and not need them, than need them and not have them.

My level up routine has become pretty well standardised, if you guys dont have one by the 2nd playthrough I would be very surprised,

I wish Tormented Souls affected STR and SPD instead of STR and DEX. Actually what would be even better is more enhancer bits like the Tormented soul that affect other stats like one that boosts SPD and CON and another that buffs INT and PER. and for an item to able to accept multiple ehancers.