Game Mechanics: No way to fix Geonid Collective Faction

[Maelstrom]

There currently doesn't seem to be a way to fix Geonid Collective faction on p99.

On live there was a way to fix Geonid Collective faction by having the Velium Focus in trade window with Phenocryst while another player casts invis on you. A successful turn in would give you a faction increase with Geonid Collective. You could go from apprehensive to amiable in two turn-ins.

Several mentions about this on ZAM:

I was apprehensive to Geonid faction, and have repaired it. Heres how:

Normally everone starts out indiff to geonid collective. When you complete the 1st part of the quest and hand in the Velium Focus from thurg, your indiff faction goes up to amiable, which is required to complete the quest. However if you are apprehensive or dubious, you must do the 1st part of the quest (handing in the velium focus from thurg) several times (2 for me at apprehensive) until you are amiable. if you just hand the focus to him at apprehensive or dubious he will eat it obviously, you need someone to invis you while you have the focus in pheno's trade window, after you are invis'd /con and make sure your indiff, then click give, you gain faction with geonid collective.

When I attempted it I was apprehensive to Phenocryst. I had the Velium Focus in trade window open with Phenocryst and had a guild member then invis me. I got the message about the quest and he returned the focus but received no faction hit and am still apprehensive. Tried it a second time and he ate the focus.

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Would like to see if this can be fixed so I can finish the Velium Focus quest.

Thank you!

[Maelstrom]

Turns out the 2nd step after going to Crystal Caverns and handing that focus back to Phenocryst WILL give positive faction with the Geos.

So you can go ahead and remove this bug, glad there was a workaround to it!