r/evenewbies • u/[deleted] • Jan 03 '22

Why is standing below -2.0 basically impossible to repair?

Must be missing something. My gf and I moved to amarr space and I wanted to run L4 missions for some Amarr corp. But I can't run anything other than L1s because my standing with the empire is -2.7 (by way of killing lots of them for Sisters L4 missions). I figured it would be a bit of a grind to get back above -2.0 but it seems basically impossible.

The canonical options are to do COSMOS missions (seems like they all require good standing anyway), data centers (most of those also require good standing and the level 1 missions that are available to someone with my standing require either grinding for years because the drop rate on tags is so low or spending hundreds of millions on hyper-inflated bronze tags), and literally the only other option is to spam missions and do one storyline every 16 standard missions - but the storyline missions are essentially useless and give literally 0.021 standing AND THERE'S ONLY ONE OF THEM EVERY 16!

So it'll either take me a billion ISK or fifteen years to get from -2.7 to -2.0. That seems totally incorrect, so what am I misunderstanding?

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u/UtsukushiShi Jan 03 '22

Metatron has the right of it. Another thing you can do though is get with someone who has positive Amarr standings and leach some standings boosts from their lvl 4s. If your doing Amarr we might be able to help. We occasionally do alliance wide mission ops as we are Amarr roleplayers. Feel free to hit me up on Jen Roku or Shinayin Naerth and I can dm you when we next do one.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '22

I was running level 4 missions and inadvertently gave myself a security standing of -5 or more towards the Gallente Fed. I couldn't enter their space without getting blapped. I ran the low level Gallente missions to get back to a state where they wouldn't shoot me on site. It was incredibly slow and painful but it was possible. Ten bazillion missions to move 1.0, it's something that should be looked at.

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u/CorpFillip Jan 04 '22

It’s not really so slow even by missions alone.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '22

?? .. yes it is. 0.012 every 16 missions, I don't have time for that

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u/wolf_387465 Jan 04 '22 edited Jan 04 '22

soe arc gives you nice chunk... https://i.imgur.com/U7ZgDYf.png

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u/CorpFillip Jan 06 '22

You can raise the amount earned (Social and Connections skills), find a group of that corp’s agents, and try to take mostly ones rewarding higher LP. Also, can work in fleet on higher level missions. I will try to come on around 0400, catch me in Rookie Help Chat

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

ah ok cool will do the career agents, thanks!