This is pretty much garbage. If a toon isn't f2p, it shouldn't be in platoons. Needing 12 Lobot @ 6 star would suck, but at least it's something you can work towards.
Having platoons ruined every week because of needing Tie Reaper and a dozen p2p ewoks is lame. Mostly because it's not "random" at all. In all of last week and this week, we've seen 0 cup, jkg, jc, etc in the 2, 3, 4 star range, only 6 and 7. Same with Lobot, although he miraculously started to appear at 5 star, when mysteriously we have 20 of him at 4.
There's some sort of algorithm picking up what you don't have. The answer is simple, farm everything. I'm fine with that and I realize it will take a very long time, but p2p characters should never be part of the equation. You significantly damage a guild's chances and fun in later phases without these early platoon bonuses.
Make it truly random (not weighted to characters that are low on ownership) and eliminate anything that is not f2p farmable. Even a single hard node or rare spot in a store that uses currency won from activity is fine. But crystals only? Too greedy.