I'm fairly sure contracting in this setup is just a huge trap. looking at the numbers
D1 start: 1A - 1K - 4G
if someone contracts: 1A - 1K - 3G 1MG
if they MISS on D1: 1A - 1K - 2G 1MG
D2 start: 1A - 1K - 2G, 1W (confirmed) and assassin has 2 venge shots.
at that point, they literally have to pick everyone who isn't the king in order for town to win. which let's face it prob won't happen.
if they do hit assassin, it looks a bit better, but I don't particularly think hitting assassin D1 without contracting would be any harder than hitting them with contracting. if I went wrong anywhere, let me know, but as it is I prob won't be contracting this game.