Reputation problem

I run missions in Caldari space waiting for the family and I to have skilled up our new toons and, unexpectedly, I got shot at entering Gallente space.
I checked my rep, I was at -5.6 or so. Running Caldari missions comes at a price!
So I tried running lvl1 distribution missions for Gallente after increasing my diplomacy skills and… it is way too slow. Every 16 missions I get a storyline one for a whooping +0.12 standing increase… while losing Caldari rep at the same time which means it’s no bueno to reach the +5.0 needed for the next epic arc.
I need to travel everywhere with this toon to retrieve my PI stuff, so I’m looking for some way to fix this standings issue without waiting 3 months to run the Sisters of EVE Epic Ark or wasting millions in insignas trade.
Any clue?

P.S.: when I last played this game 18 years, I never had this problem since I was living in null, but I think the system is way too harsh for people who live in Empire.

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SoE arcs, the one-time agents or hiring a group to fix them are your fastest options.

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Train Diplomacy skill if it’s not already, then do the above suggestion. In the future, do not take missions that make you kill Empire ships (Caldari/Gallente/Amarr/Minmatar), that is how you got to your current problem.

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If you haven’t done so yet, train Diplomacy. Then avoid taking missions where you shoot Gallente (only take missions vs. pirates).

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Jinx.

The venerable “Standings Repair Plan” by DeMichael Crimson is still handy:

And the United Standings Improvement Agency (USIA) is a service that can help also:

In general, it’s best to read mission text descriptions and check the Faction icons of whoever they’re sending you against as the objective. If it’s against a faction you don’t want to lose standings with, decline it. It’s best if you work from systems with multiple agents in them so you can get multiple options.

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please use the correct link when linking to us lol.

I have already reached out to see what we can do to help.

Cool, thx for the replies.

Bad reputation is good reputation

Create three new Alpha accounts, 9 toons total. Run the SOE Arc on all 9 of them, up until the very last mission against Dagan. Purchase the weekend fleet pass for all three accounts for like $3.75 USD each, total of around $12 USD. Finish the Arc on each toon while fleeted up with the character you are trying to raise standings on. Do that for all 9 of them.

And presto. You have a huge standings increase for slightly less than the cost of a single month of Omega. Running the SOE Arc 9 times on your main character would normally have taken you over 2 years. With this method, it takes 2 days.

The links that @Kezrai_Charzai posted will definitely help a lot…

As for advising which specific steps to do, it would be very helpful if you posted your standings with the 4 main Factions along with the skills and levels you’ve trained in the Social Skill group…