Probably a stupid question

I am recently returned, and never really played CoV side so I am unfamiliar with the quests and contacts. And add to that the fact that after a 2 year break, some stuff is still fuzzy. Here is my issue, which maybe isn't an issue at all.

I created my new brute. I leveled him up to 8 doing missions from Kalinda and Mongoose. At level 8 Mongoose had no more missions and didn't give me a new contact. So I leveled to 10 in AE and then tried him again. No intro to a new contact.

I popped into Port Oakes, and the only contact I have is Drea, but he won't give me missions either.

I know on CoH side when you hit multiples of 5 your contacts that you have worked up will introduce you to new contacts. What am I missing?

Feel free to call me a moron.

Drea gave you a newspaper, that is your new contact. Do newspaper missions until you get a bank mission, do the bank mission (or accept it and fail it on purpose) and you will be introduced to a new contact. Wash, rinse, repeat.

The advice that SunGryphon gave is basically what you need to do. But realize that since you're up to level 10, you're getting near the upper limit for Port Oakes. If you do the bank mission and are offered a contact, I'd suggest taking Mr. Bocor. He's a 5-10 contact, but according to Dread Tomax's site, he'll lead to The Radio as a contact, which is a 10-15 level contact. I'm not sure if the other lower level Port Oakes contacts have the same progression.

The other thing is since you're nearing that limit, you can start looking toward the next zone, which is Cap Au Diable. You'll get another broker there - either Desdemona the Glint or Boris the Russian. Do the same thing with that broker that was suggested with Drea. CoH does a pretty good job of introducing you to the next contact or thing to do in a level range (sometimes too good a job), where as CoV doesn't seem as intuitive in that respect in my opinion.

Even though I was an experienced player by the time CoV game out, I didn't recognize the elevators in the new Arachnos maps as actually being elevators. And so, I submitted bug reports on 'broken' maps that were actually perfectly fine!

In COH, in the regular city zones, you're given 5 origin-based Contacts every 5 levels. Since origin doesn't really mean anything, especially also since in COV, the Quartermasters (stores) sell every type of enhancement, COV doesn't dish out Contacts by origin. Instead, COV's Contacts system is more linear.

The first time you enter a new zone, you are automatically assigned to one of the two Brokers for the zone. You work for the Broker, as represented by the "Newspaper" Contact now at the top of your Contacts list, for several mission. After which, you're given the "option" of doing a Mayhem mission (smash and grab bank job). I believe you need to actually choose to do the Mayhem mission. It doesn't matter if you complete or fail it, afterwards the Broker will offer to introduce you to a regular Contact. Note that if you complete the Mayhem mission, you'll be given a temp power. If you don't accept the Mayhem mission, then the Broker returns to having you do Newspaper missions (with no intro to a Contact).

Once you're through working all that regular Contact's missions, you'll need to do more Newspaper missions to get another Contact. Later on, these first tier Contacts may introduce you to their next tier Contact. Unlike COH where each zone is for a distinct level range, in COV the middle zones overlap.

This is the COV contacts list I use

It's the easiest to use one I've found.
Simply pick the arc you want to do next, do a few paper missions and rob a bank then choose the contact your broker offers!

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