This is something I've been calling for for years. The idea was that villains were proactive, which translated into annoying busywork to get contacts that heroes otherwise got for free. And you know what the worst thing is? Villains are STILL not proactive. It's harder to get contacts, yes, but when you DO get contacts, you're still serving their whims.
So, yeah, I agree completely. Get rid of the NEED to do Mayhem missions to get contacts and be done with it. This is easily the most annoying part of the villain-side game.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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Thanks for the support Sam. You sound like my wife when she gets on a tear about it it 
It all came to a head this weekend when she logged on with her level 42 stalker and complained she had no contacts except Serpent Drummer. I told her to do some newspapers and she blew up and logged off with a "I hate mayhems. No wonder she's been 42 for 2 months!" and stomped off into the living room to watch tv.
Makes me sad because the Contessa used to be her absolutely favorite character. If a Mayhem mission ALWAYS gave a contact, even if it has to be in a different zone, it would be a little better. She's convinced running a mayhem is no guarantee of getting a contact because it's happened to her way too many times (particularly in Port Oakes when she should have been running them in Cap). It isn't like the islands are labeled or there's any indication you've already done all the contacts in a particular zone. It is not like blue-side where any detective will give you any contact, so it isn't at all intuitive.
But really the better solution is for old contacts to give you leads on new contacts. The dialog could be written so it appears you are leaning on them to cough up an introduction. It can be done in fun way.
/signed.
Make running newspapers/mayhems an OPTION. Not forced content.
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"I was just the one with the most unsolicited sombrero." - Traegus
For those who don't want to do mayhems, theres always the option of the O-zone. You can use it to level up in now, and even do older contacts, due to the new way exemplaring works. just an idea
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I guess that's a workaround. I've never really used it before. I'll look into it so I can show her how to use it.
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Originally Posted by Arbegla
For those who don't want to do mayhems, theres always the option of the O-zone. You can use it to level up in now, and even do older contacts, due to the new way exemplaring works. just an idea
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Can't get into Ouroborus until level 25, right?
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"I was just the one with the most unsolicited sombrero." - Traegus
Correct. I didn't say it was a good work-around. 
But I'm afraid I don't hold out much hope of a dev seeing this suggestion and acting on it. *shrug*
You can actually use the flashback system at level 1, you just cant enter the O-zone until level 25. the way you use it at level 1 is to have the crystal in your base, and just access it in that. Works out pretty nicely if your SG has access to the crystal.
Please do not force villains to run a Mayhem mission to get a new contact in an area. Make it more like blue-side where old contacts will give you new contacts as you level up. I.E. expand the contact trees significantly!
The multiple paper missions + Mayhem every 5-10 levels gets very old by the time you hit 35/40. For those who hate the Mayhem missions (my wife and others) it's a grind they just don't want to do. We have lots of villains in our SG stalled in the upper 30's and beyond because "I've run out of contacts and I'm sick of papers and mayhems."
Also fix the brokers so they give you a selection of appropriate contacts no matter what level you are, no matter what area you are in. Also make sure the contacts offered haven't already been outleveled (i.e. fix the multiple-of-five bug).