As the game gets more and more new characters progression and clearly concerns are that getting 3* covers you want is harder and harder.
I don’t see any reason not to make a special 3* recruit token that only drops the characters that are kinda phased out. We have enough of them at this point and that roster will grow.
Just make them the 100-200 reward for PvP or so that the poeple that want the new stuff in pvp have a target and the guys that usually cant get there suddently can boost their rosters with a 3* that will help them transition a lot easier.
A hard mode prologue (or a new storyline hint hint), that replaces the recruit token with the new fancy golden recruit tokens (or whatever you want to call them), would have this game keep a steady progression rate for people not in the mood for or have time for constant competetive PvE and PvP as well.
It would solve so many problems with progression and transition.