I find the “red skill chips from elite” event to be somewhat peculiar. My characters for whom I would like to improve red skills come in two categories: ones for whom I have lots of red skill chips but not hero chips or ones for whom I have lots of hero chips but not enough red skill chips.
For the first category, there’s no point giving me more red skill chips because I have all that I can use. Often this category involves heroes whose chips aren’t in elite anyway.
For the second category, there’s no point making me go through elite since I have all the hero chips I could use and I’m better off getting red skill chips by raiding city watch.
I don’t have any heroes that (a) are good enough for me to improve their red skills, (b) have their hero chips in elite, and © are lacking in BOTH hero chips and red skill chips.
YMMV obviously.