Hello Bataav, thanks for posting… I’ll try to answer your questions as best as I can..
Unfortunately some missions in the arc can only be completed by destroying a structure… Also The Syndicate only has positive Faction standings with Angel Cartel and Serpentis… You could gain derived positive Faction standings by completing regular missions plus Storyline for them but that would take a long time and also mess up your other Faction standings…
Completing missions for Angel and Serpentis Cosmos Agents is a faster yet very limited way to gain derived positive Faction standings with The Syndicate… Again there’s the issue of messing up your other Faction standings to consider as well…
Those Cosmos Agents are located in Null Sec space.
There are also 5 Angel Cosmos Agents located in the High Sec Caldari (3 agents), Gallente (1 agent) and Minmatar (1 agent) Cosmos Constellations…
So besides completing the Gallente Level 4 Epic Arc for The Syndicate every 90 days, the only other way to gain positive Faction standings with The Syndicate is to complete regular missions plus Storyline…
According to my notes on standing hits from running the Gallente Level 4 Epic Arc, I incurred a total of 21 negative Faction standing hits towards ‘The Syndicate’ for ship kill ranging from -3.0% down to -0.0225%… Course that was years ago and I usually do full clears, I rarely ever blitz missions… I do know some players would use alts to destroy the rats / structures that gave standing hits so their mains wouldn’t incur them…
Also remember that despite getting negative standing hits, completing the arc will still give a big Faction standing increase with no derived standings to any other Factions… Plus using the Glamourex Booster will definitely boost the Faction standing increase..
Anyway, these were my negative standing hits:
6x standing hits for -3.0%
14x standing hits for -0.025%
1x standing hit for -0.0225%
That’s about it, I wish I could have been more helpful… May you have much success and good luck with your goal…
As an Intaki RPer, who’s positive towards the Syndicate, but anti-pirate so negative towards Angels & Serpentis, I recognise I’ve painted myself into a corner. But EVE is supposed to be difficult, so I accept my fate.
Despite the limited options before me, that was all very useful, so thanks for taking the time to provide the details.
It looks like I’ll be repeating the epic arc, and spending time grinding for the Syndi NPC corps for the storylines for some time.
You should be close to having positive standings with The Syndicate after you complete the Gallente Level 4 Epic Arc, especially with using the Glamourex Booster…
Your negative Faction standing of -1.82 (base -4.77) is currently being boosted by Diplomacy skill, when your base standing becomes positive, it will then be boosted by Connections skill..
I was -9 to one faction and not much better with the other two before I realized I f’ed up. I never tried it with the pirate factions and was looking that up when you beat me to the post. It took me apx a yr to get good standings with all 4 again. Had to use my 2 alts to start. I still have small fleets in the other empires from that. And as my skills grew, I also got good at flying other faction ships, learning the different weapons systems. You yourself underestimate the value of the plan.
If your playstyle is running missions, then The Plan is a good plan from the start. Sure saved my arse!
Yeah, definitely negates the whole premise of doing ‘Faction Warfare’… Guess the ole ‘Actions Have Consequences’ mantra is now being replaced with ‘Risk Free Rewards’…
