# 2 Years of Faction Grind (Standing 7.0+) about to be wasted by a COSMOS bug and CCP Support’s "Deprecated Content" excuse. Need help! **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** pve, high-sec\ **Created:** [March 4, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/2-years-of-faction-grind-standing-7-0-about-to-be-wasted-by-a-cosmos-bug-and-ccp-support-s-deprecated-content-excuse-need-help/507722 "2026-03-04T17:12:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Christine\_Creed](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/christine_creed/32/510186_2.png) [@Christine\_Creed](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Christine_Creed)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/2-years-of-faction-grind-standing-7-0-about-to-be-wasted-by-a-cosmos-bug-and-ccp-support-s-deprecated-content-excuse-need-help/507722/65 "2026-03-10T14:49:47Z")
> [@Inxentas\_Ultramar](#): > > Hisec Onlyfans Hmmm, that would be an excellent corp name. _thinking_ Yeeaa baby. ---
**Author:** ![Inxentas\_Ultramar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/inxentas_ultramar/32/385922_2.png) [@Inxentas\_Ultramar](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Inxentas_Ultramar)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/2-years-of-faction-grind-standing-7-0-about-to-be-wasted-by-a-cosmos-bug-and-ccp-support-s-deprecated-content-excuse-need-help/507722/66 "2026-03-10T15:07:00Z")
That has been said to me thrice now. Look. I am as calm as is humanly possible. Not all usages of CAPS indicate distress. By now it’s clear that your intention is to convey to me that you think my opinion is childish, _but you do so in the most childish way imaginable_. It wasn’t my intention to become _political_, I’m just a European so it stands out to me when one perceives something as childish, only to attack it with _even more childish_ accusations that have nothing to do with the issue at hand but serve as distractions: _Americana_. You cry / You whine / You’re a miner. That sort of BS. See the POTUS if it’s unclear what I mean. At least Solstice Project was FUNNY and WITTY. ---
**Author:** ![Christine\_Creed](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/christine_creed/32/510186_2.png) [@Christine\_Creed](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Christine_Creed)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/2-years-of-faction-grind-standing-7-0-about-to-be-wasted-by-a-cosmos-bug-and-ccp-support-s-deprecated-content-excuse-need-help/507722/67 "2026-03-10T15:15:07Z")
> [@Inxentas\_Ultramar](#): > > It wasn’t my intention to become _political_, Uh huh……then what was the intention. What does it have anything to do with the problem first posted by the op, and the rest of the slop that youve posted since. > [@Inxentas\_Ultramar](#): > > See the POTUS if it’s unclear what I mean. Ah, what was the intention **this** time. It seems youve harmed more than helped. The op isnt even responding anymore. I think you pretty much failed. ---
**Author:** ![Aiko\_Danuja](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aiko_danuja/32/481237_2.png) [@Aiko\_Danuja](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aiko_Danuja)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/2-years-of-faction-grind-standing-7-0-about-to-be-wasted-by-a-cosmos-bug-and-ccp-support-s-deprecated-content-excuse-need-help/507722/68 "2026-03-10T15:22:26Z")
> [@Inxentas\_Ultramar](#): > > it’s clear that your intention is to convey to me that you think my opinion is cringe Indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Inxentas\_Ultramar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/inxentas_ultramar/32/385922_2.png) [@Inxentas\_Ultramar](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Inxentas_Ultramar)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/2-years-of-faction-grind-standing-7-0-about-to-be-wasted-by-a-cosmos-bug-and-ccp-support-s-deprecated-content-excuse-need-help/507722/69 "2026-03-10T15:39:53Z")
Then we are done, ladies. Have a nice day. ---
**Author:** ![Shion\_Ishii](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/shion_ishii/32/389684_2.png) [@Shion\_Ishii](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Shion_Ishii)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/2-years-of-faction-grind-standing-7-0-about-to-be-wasted-by-a-cosmos-bug-and-ccp-support-s-deprecated-content-excuse-need-help/507722/70 "2026-03-10T15:59:25Z")
They need to at least repair your standings. Some of these can bug and you lose standing because you can’t finish them. If these are so hard/impossible to resolve, then they need to be removed from the game in their entirety and remade with current coding. I lost standing on an event because the item gave an error message so I could not turn it in. Lost faction standing across the board and support refused to help because of the same stupid reason. ---
**Author:** ![Christine\_Creed](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/christine_creed/32/510186_2.png) [@Christine\_Creed](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Christine_Creed)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/2-years-of-faction-grind-standing-7-0-about-to-be-wasted-by-a-cosmos-bug-and-ccp-support-s-deprecated-content-excuse-need-help/507722/71 "2026-03-10T16:40:27Z")
You do the same. 💐 ---
**Author:** ![James\_Fuchs](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/james_fuchs/32/504955_2.png) [@James\_Fuchs](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/James_Fuchs)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/2-years-of-faction-grind-standing-7-0-about-to-be-wasted-by-a-cosmos-bug-and-ccp-support-s-deprecated-content-excuse-need-help/507722/72 "2026-03-10T18:08:00Z")
> [@Inxentas\_Ultramar](#): > > Don’t get me wrong AIko. They are indeed allowed. Just as I am allowed to look at that type of gameplay, and make my own associations. I don’t mind because I am not as dumb as to risk my ■■■■ doing easily griefable HS content when I can do something slightly more dangerous in places where the PVP happens that I can actually appreciate. > > > People are allowed to PvP, and if you don’t enjoy it then I think you’ve got the wrong game. > > Just stop with the typical _Americana_, babe. PVP is awesome. Sneakily stealing quest items and then trying to sell them… I simply do not categorize such dickery _as_ PVP at all. In fact, I categorize such people as completely delusional when it comes to PVP. > > He camps sites for items to sell. **That’s a carebear.** And this person is “badass”? > > Ha ha. How MAGA of everyone. > [@Inxentas\_Ultramar](#): > > That I know, that’s the same mentality in action. Never engage with the actual content. Always accuse and paint imaginary pictures of perceived weaknesses in others. And above all… pretend that somehow, one is the arbiter of _credibility_, of all things. > > > This type of excessive moralizing about actions in a video game is pathetic and childish. > > And yet I can somehow get around to the idea that two years of ingame prep (in a game you ALL take serious enough to forumpost about) being cut short by a thief causes enough distress to actually state that it isn’t _excessive_. > > And if it were, so what? After all, It is **allowed**. Taking the item is **allowed**. Posting about that event is also **allowed**. And now BOTH PARTIES are mad that the things that are allowed are actually happening. Better yet, third parties are having strong opinions too. And guess what? **Been that wayforeve years due to stagnation.** So perhaps it’s about time that someone admits that EvE is sadistically designed and talks back to you people with strong opinions and **weak killboards.** > [@Inxentas\_Ultramar](#): > > No. The intent is not to _be_ anything, because I was not thinking of anyones opinion about it when I wrote it. I am not afraid to be seen as “pathetic” on the internet at this age, especially not when I’m showing a little compassion for the COSMOS carebear that got griefed, ha ha. > [@Inxentas\_Ultramar](#): > > You are repeating the other guy. Do you feel entitled to a response? > [@Inxentas\_Ultramar](#): > > Why must you imagine men crying? > > That your fetish? > [@Inxentas\_Ultramar](#): > > Not your miner… > > …exotic dancer. > [@Inxentas\_Ultramar](#): > > The sociopath in question probably doesn’t work at CCP anymore. > > I see you frequent this forum the last few years/months to RP with the peoples. Unless you’re secretly Sostice Project (and you’re pulling my leg with the Hisec Onlyfans Act) I’m starting to see how attached you are to this place. Perhaps you need my attention more then the guy that lost his COSMOS mission. > [@Inxentas\_Ultramar](#): > > That has been said to me thrice now. Look. I am as calm as is humanly possible. Not all usages of CAPS indicate distress. By now it’s clear that your intention is to convey to me that you think my opinion is childish, _but you do so in the most childish way imaginable_. > > It wasn’t my intention to become _political_, I’m just a European so it stands out to me when one perceives something as childish, only to attack it with _even more childish_ accusations that have nothing to do with the issue at hand but serve as distractions: _Americana_. > > You cry / You whine / You’re a miner. That sort of BS. See the POTUS if it’s unclear what I mean. > > At least Solstice Project was FUNNY and WITTY. I still think it’s pretty badass. With impressed regards -James Fuchs ---
**Author:** ![Namdor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/namdor/32/396179_2.png) [@Namdor](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Namdor)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/2-years-of-faction-grind-standing-7-0-about-to-be-wasted-by-a-cosmos-bug-and-ccp-support-s-deprecated-content-excuse-need-help/507722/73 "2026-03-10T18:21:29Z")
> [@James\_Fuchs](#): > > I still think it’s pretty badass. I also think it’s cool that people can carve out profitable niche microcareers such as “Mission Item Monopolizer”. They’re not even hiding in a war-ineligible org, either, which makes me extremely unsympathetic to OP’s cause. ---
**Author:** ![Syzygium](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/syzygium/32/516281_2.png) [@Syzygium](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Syzygium)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/2-years-of-faction-grind-standing-7-0-about-to-be-wasted-by-a-cosmos-bug-and-ccp-support-s-deprecated-content-excuse-need-help/507722/74 "2026-03-10T19:04:36Z")
> [@Namdor](#): > > which makes me extremely unsympathetic to OP’s cause besides that, the whole presentations is a bit misleading. In no way “2 years of faction grind” is needed to run the COSMOS arcs. One can basically create a brand new character and run the COSOMOS arc after like a month if he wants to. Getting 7,0 faction standing is not that difficult if one knows how the mechanic works. Data Centers and L4 Storyline Misisons push the standing very very fast. So yeah, it may be that the OP needed 2 years to reach that, but that was his own choice. ---
**Author:** ![Aiko\_Danuja](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aiko_danuja/32/481237_2.png) [@Aiko\_Danuja](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aiko_Danuja)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/2-years-of-faction-grind-standing-7-0-about-to-be-wasted-by-a-cosmos-bug-and-ccp-support-s-deprecated-content-excuse-need-help/507722/75 "2026-03-10T20:37:10Z")
I’m confused about why someone would insist on running missions that are well known to be deprecated and have technical issues, and then when they run into the inevitable issue they complain about how unfair it is. Like, just do something else? ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Ter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/anne_ter/32/484796_2.png) [@Anne\_Ter](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Anne_Ter)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/2-years-of-faction-grind-standing-7-0-about-to-be-wasted-by-a-cosmos-bug-and-ccp-support-s-deprecated-content-excuse-need-help/507722/76 "2026-03-10T22:54:36Z")
Like just play another game, huh So, its his own choice or there is no way “2 years of faction grind” is needed? As example there is a way to complete all 4 COSMOS for one character and there is really no way out of sisters arc. ---
**Author:** ![Aiko\_Danuja](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aiko_danuja/32/481237_2.png) [@Aiko\_Danuja](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aiko_Danuja)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/2-years-of-faction-grind-standing-7-0-about-to-be-wasted-by-a-cosmos-bug-and-ccp-support-s-deprecated-content-excuse-need-help/507722/77 "2026-03-10T22:55:31Z")
You don’t need to do these missions in order to enjoy the game. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Ter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/anne_ter/32/484796_2.png) [@Anne\_Ter](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Anne_Ter)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/2-years-of-faction-grind-standing-7-0-about-to-be-wasted-by-a-cosmos-bug-and-ccp-support-s-deprecated-content-excuse-need-help/507722/78 "2026-03-10T23:37:30Z")
They dont need to hide. How do you think, why Otomainen have no structures open to dock for years? Everytime when that structures anchoring there, next week its going to be destroyed by war from Blackflag or Darkside or any else. Theyre in Otomainen for years and years, go try to war them, their career not that micro how you think. ---
**Author:** ![Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uriel_the_flame/32/490165_2.png) [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uriel_the_Flame)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 12:06am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/2-years-of-faction-grind-standing-7-0-about-to-be-wasted-by-a-cosmos-bug-and-ccp-support-s-deprecated-content-excuse-need-help/507722/79 "2026-03-11T00:06:20Z")
I really could munch popcorn and laugh at this exchange but it really just reminds me of the “`ganking is unfair and every ganker is evil in real-life for blowing up my space pixels in-game, wwwaaaahhh`” threads too much, as well as being just sad / embarrassing in general. It is also just the usual cycle of “it is unfair / evil” vs “no it is not” repeated ad infinitum. Maybe the thread and discussion reached its natural end of life… maybe overstayed its welcome a bit as well? Considering a thread closure might be not a bad idea. Unless you lot (especially OP) can up your game and provide some fresh aspect or something. Because it currently is just going in circles and going nowhere. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Tessa\_Springfield](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tessa_springfield/32/494841_2.png) [@Tessa\_Springfield](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tessa_Springfield)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/2-years-of-faction-grind-standing-7-0-about-to-be-wasted-by-a-cosmos-bug-and-ccp-support-s-deprecated-content-excuse-need-help/507722/80 "2026-03-11T08:31:06Z")
> [@Derien\_en\_Tilavine](#): > > skill urself the fact that this obvious wordplay that violates civility and forum rules has been allowed to remain, astounds me. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Ter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/anne_ter/32/484796_2.png) [@Anne\_Ter](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Anne_Ter)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/2-years-of-faction-grind-standing-7-0-about-to-be-wasted-by-a-cosmos-bug-and-ccp-support-s-deprecated-content-excuse-need-help/507722/81 "2026-03-11T09:51:40Z")
> [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](#): > > It is also just the usual cycle of “it is unfair / evil” vs “no it is not” repeated ad infinitum. Maybe the thread and discussion reached its natural end of life… maybe overstayed its welcome a bit as well? Considering a thread closure might be not a bad idea. You writing nothing about a topic that lead nowhere, just want it to close. Why that interest? While everyone here understand that COSMOS content is broken and hard abused you just crying about your popcorn. The fact that you are bored here is very important to us, cry more. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Meltdown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/blue_meltdown/32/451856_2.png) [@Blue\_Meltdown](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Blue_Meltdown)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/2-years-of-faction-grind-standing-7-0-about-to-be-wasted-by-a-cosmos-bug-and-ccp-support-s-deprecated-content-excuse-need-help/507722/82 "2026-03-11T10:03:59Z")
> [@Anne\_Ter](#): > > While everyone here understand that COSMOS content is broken and hard abused See, i was going to do COSMOS missions, read about them on the internet and decided thats not worth my time. If this thread was coming from a month old player i would give him the benefit of the doubt, but a veteran should know better. So the whole discussion is mood because after the first three answers it became a ■■■■ show like every other thread in the past 2 weeks about ganking. ---
**Author:** ![Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uriel_the_flame/32/490165_2.png) [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uriel_the_Flame)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/2-years-of-faction-grind-standing-7-0-about-to-be-wasted-by-a-cosmos-bug-and-ccp-support-s-deprecated-content-excuse-need-help/507722/83 "2026-03-11T12:30:42Z")
> [@Blue\_Meltdown](#): > > but a veteran should know better. So the whole discussion is mood because after the first three answers it became a ■■■■ show like every other thread in the past 2 weeks about ganking. Exactly, it is not a difficult concept to grasp, except for people who are crying about things and project this mindset onto others accusing them of the thing they themselves actually do. 🤔 🤭 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tapioca\_Terrorist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/the_tapioca_terrorist/32/493091_2.png) [@The\_Tapioca\_Terrorist](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/The_Tapioca_Terrorist)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/2-years-of-faction-grind-standing-7-0-about-to-be-wasted-by-a-cosmos-bug-and-ccp-support-s-deprecated-content-excuse-need-help/507722/84 "2026-03-11T19:06:51Z")
> [@Navy\_Freya](#): > > The real abuse of mechanics is whining to GMs like “restore my mission, give me the item, or just complete the quest for me because aaaah… this has always been a pet peeve of mine.. mission runners petitioning items not spawned (when it just got stolen in front of them) or missions not spawning . long time ago on another account i farmed enemies abound over 6 characters… every week i asked for it to be reset. tbh i expected it to maybe to 2 weeks tops not the 6+ months till a gm realized and gave me a friendly telling off. that ■■■■ needs to be fixed [Previous page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/2-years-of-faction-grind-standing-7-0-about-to-be-wasted-by-a-cosmos-bug-and-ccp-support-s-deprecated-content-excuse-need-help/507722.md?page=3) [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/2-years-of-faction-grind-standing-7-0-about-to-be-wasted-by-a-cosmos-bug-and-ccp-support-s-deprecated-content-excuse-need-help/507722.md?page=5)