I think you have a few separate things here. Firstly, there is nothing harmful for Eva in feeding squillions of times - other than turning her family in to zombies, which is not necessarily a good thing. But at the same time she "needs" (in the nutritional sense) something like 500-700 ml of breastmilk a day - which could be 3 big feeds or lots of little ones.
1) Does she drink water? Getting her to have water sometimes rather than boobs may help her "consolidate" feeds, and may also help your concerns about her fluid intake.
2) Does she eat a reasonable amount and variety of food? This isn't crucial right this instant, but if you would like her to reduce her breastfeeding over the next few months then she needs to have the hang of the eating thing...
3) Does she have other ways of going to sleep that don't involve boobs?? You may want to try feeding until nearly asleep instead, or finding an alternative way of settling. It seems as though you may have ended up in the situation (I know I did) where your boobs are her comforter and "teddy". If your library has the "no cry sleep solution" book by Elizabeth Pantley (there's one for toddlers that I think would be more use for you than the one for babies) then give it a read too.
4) She is old enough to learn some booby manners. Biting and pinching should lead to the end of a feed with something like a stern "no biting" and being put on the floor for a break of a few minutes before anything resumes. THis is another do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do thing, because it is no fun at all to have to teach a big, strong two-year-old not to pinch.
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