Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game
True, but if you are lvl 50, it doesn't matter. Or if you can only stay for a short period, or want to level before hitting a mission, or (and this is rare now, with the XP smoothing and the difficulty setting), you can actually hit points where none of your contacts will give you missions or a new contact.
In general, however, I agree - I rarely street hunt, unless I am looking for a group or trying to grab some quick infamy or influence in order to make some inventions.