But see, in my experience this is kind of true. I played for like 4 - 5 months and just could not pull ANY Eddie other than what the story gives you, plus Mummy, SOL, and Storm. This was long ago back when VHE ruled PvP and there was no way I could even come close to competing with what I had. I sacrificed a great many 5 star just out of frustration and that's when I started pulling better characters.
Truth is I've seen EVERY character at least 4 times, except Breeg, Crusader, Icarus, and Deadalus - which I don't have. And Doomsday and the "gods", which I've only seen twice each.
I wasn't thrilled about throwing all those skill shards back into the pit (must have been 40-50 SS total). But I was somewhat smart, sacrificing toons I can reacquire via fragments/badges/FC rather than the "luck of the drop" toons. There were only a couple I was willing to wait for the drop again, Nomad being one of them. He's largely useless to me now... and he will drop again.
But do you even use him????
I did the same thing with AG long ago.. sacrificed him.. thinking I'd get him back and it took months to see him again... powered him up... and he's still merely taking up a slot and storing talismans.
If I can't pull new stuff with massive sacrifices and even purchasing 100 souls.. the "collector" factor dies quickly and is pointless to me.