I wouldn’t mind the whole system if it was eventually applied universally. I think it’d require reworks of how things like mission work (which honestly would be fine since missions are the oldest content in the game at this point).
Something like… if you have -5.0 or below with a faction you cannot dock in any station belonging to that faction, although there would be alternate methods for being able to repair your standings if you really wished it. -3.0 to -5.0 would deny access to any station of that faction without level 1 agents, and for the ones with level 1 agents, they would be the only thing in the station you could use. There should also be better rewards for having high standings with a faction too to balance that out, though I can’t think of any off the top of my head.
The gate locks are unbelievably stupid though. CCP needs to get rid of that first and foremost if they don’t want Pochven to be carebear-land with a red tint.