# Praise Aiko Danuja, Hound of Halaima, Mistress Mercenary **URL:** \ **Category:** Crime & Punishment\ **Created:** [February 25, 2022, 3:21am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/praise-aiko-danuja-hound-of-halaima-mistress-mercenary/351180 "2022-02-25T03:21:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Dracvlad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dracvlad/32/444126_2.png) [@Dracvlad](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dracvlad)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/praise-aiko-danuja-hound-of-halaima-mistress-mercenary/351180/164 "2022-03-03T09:32:13Z")
> [@Destiny\_Corrupted](#): > > He’s not going to answer, or give a serious answer, because he knows where I’m going with this, and that he’s going to get got. I was doing something in game. > [@Destiny\_Corrupted](#): > > Are you saying I have to adapt to my situation? There are mitigation strategies and work arounds of course and some work well. But at the end of the day you have to fight to get what you want in many areas of the game, and if you cannot than you have to suck it. Obviously you have met an impasse with the war HQ, though what about the gankers, you seem to be close, perhaps they would aid you, maybe that is what all this is about in this thread with the brown nosing aimed at Aiko and gankers in general, valid approach by the way. ---
**Author:** ![Destiny\_Corrupted](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/destiny_corrupted/32/411527_2.png) [@Destiny\_Corrupted](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Destiny_Corrupted)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 9:37am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/praise-aiko-danuja-hound-of-halaima-mistress-mercenary/351180/165 "2022-03-03T09:37:08Z")
Option B, non-serious answer it is. Tell me Dracvlad, what is the difference between hiring mercenaries to defend my war HQ, and hiring mercenaries to gank my targets? ---
**Author:** ![Dracvlad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dracvlad/32/444126_2.png) [@Dracvlad](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dracvlad)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/praise-aiko-danuja-hound-of-halaima-mistress-mercenary/351180/166 "2022-03-03T09:43:35Z")
Totally serious answer, your replies are not serious, full of snark. In terms of the question on hiring mercs? Gankers = mercs, nothing stops them from doing this and in fact it makes sense, they have the ability to do this rather well. The war HQ defence enables you to directly participate in what you say is your main game play that is the difference and to have more options of course. ---
**Author:** ![Destiny\_Corrupted](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/destiny_corrupted/32/411527_2.png) [@Destiny\_Corrupted](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Destiny_Corrupted)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/praise-aiko-danuja-hound-of-halaima-mistress-mercenary/351180/167 "2022-03-03T09:50:29Z")
So I am allowed to have only one main gameplay, and if I deviate from it for any reason, like for example there being fewer targets, or it becomes more expensive to maintain, I become a chicken? ---
**Author:** ![Dracvlad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dracvlad/32/444126_2.png) [@Dracvlad](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dracvlad)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/praise-aiko-danuja-hound-of-halaima-mistress-mercenary/351180/168 "2022-03-03T09:50:47Z")
Did I say that? ---
**Author:** ![Destiny\_Corrupted](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/destiny_corrupted/32/411527_2.png) [@Destiny\_Corrupted](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Destiny_Corrupted)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/praise-aiko-danuja-hound-of-halaima-mistress-mercenary/351180/169 "2022-03-03T09:51:19Z")
You have. You called me a chicken for not engaging in my main gameplay by launching a war HQ and doing aggressive wars. All I’m trying to do here is establish a chain of logical arguments to determine causality. ---
**Author:** ![Dracvlad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dracvlad/32/444126_2.png) [@Dracvlad](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dracvlad)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/praise-aiko-danuja-hound-of-halaima-mistress-mercenary/351180/170 "2022-03-03T09:52:29Z")
I called you a hypocrite actually due to this weakness and your general PVP HTFU type posting. ---
**Author:** ![Destiny\_Corrupted](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/destiny_corrupted/32/411527_2.png) [@Destiny\_Corrupted](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Destiny_Corrupted)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/praise-aiko-danuja-hound-of-halaima-mistress-mercenary/351180/171 "2022-03-03T09:54:30Z")
Weakness doesn’t make someone a hypocrite (you’re going to have to jump through some mental hoops to prove this one). And once again, I’ve never told anyone to HTFU. I advocate for EVE being an open-world PvP game, as as far as I know, I’ve never stopped being susceptible to open-world PvP. And yes, you did call me a chicken. I’d like for you to elaborate on that, considering the questions I’ve recently asked you. ---
**Author:** ![Dracvlad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dracvlad/32/444126_2.png) [@Dracvlad](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dracvlad)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/praise-aiko-danuja-hound-of-halaima-mistress-mercenary/351180/172 "2022-03-03T10:03:37Z")
When we remove ganker perches we put a war HQ down despite there being multiple people that want to come after us. You won’t, so yeah weakness, it is weakness that made you effectively beg for me to put a war HQ down to war dec you. The hypocrite comment is based on your general this is the PvP game and suck it type posts. While we both agree that this war dec mechanic is sub-optimal you are rallying against it in several posts when explaining your weakness here. I have given you two ways to defeat those that will come after you, you can try them and see stuff explode, or you can sit in the shadows making snarky bitter comments and calling people mad. You have a lot of ISK and friends who are gankers and war deccers, yeah chicken sounds about right. ---
**Author:** ![Destiny\_Corrupted](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/destiny_corrupted/32/411527_2.png) [@Destiny\_Corrupted](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Destiny_Corrupted)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/praise-aiko-danuja-hound-of-halaima-mistress-mercenary/351180/173 "2022-03-03T10:06:08Z")
So in order to not be a chicken, I have to stop being a solo player, and necessarily engage in group PvP? ---
**Author:** ![Dracvlad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dracvlad/32/444126_2.png) [@Dracvlad](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dracvlad)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/praise-aiko-danuja-hound-of-halaima-mistress-mercenary/351180/174 "2022-03-03T10:06:50Z")
Sometimes yes, after all you have often said that Eve is a co-operative game have you not? I think your rants are well written in the main, however it is obvious that it is just rhetoric. ---
**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 3, 2022, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/praise-aiko-danuja-hound-of-halaima-mistress-mercenary/351180/175 "2022-03-03T10:07:37Z")
Dracvlad confuses being part of a larger group, with an understanding of game mechanics. He assumes that he is the better player, because of the benefits provided by his group, but this is a fallacy. ---
**Author:** ![Destiny\_Corrupted](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/destiny_corrupted/32/411527_2.png) [@Destiny\_Corrupted](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Destiny_Corrupted)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/praise-aiko-danuja-hound-of-halaima-mistress-mercenary/351180/176 "2022-03-03T10:08:02Z")
I never said that EVE is exclusively a cooperative game. Anyway, I’m glad we finally established that solo players are cowards. With this, we can finally move on from these arguments. Thank you, Dracvlad. ---
**Author:** ![Dracvlad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dracvlad/32/444126_2.png) [@Dracvlad](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dracvlad)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/praise-aiko-danuja-hound-of-halaima-mistress-mercenary/351180/177 "2022-03-03T10:09:09Z")
Nothing to do with cowardice, you have the ability in terms of ISK to make a fight of it, but you have decided not to. That is your choice, but it stops you from doing stuff, welcome to Eve. ---
**Author:** ![Destiny\_Corrupted](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/destiny_corrupted/32/411527_2.png) [@Destiny\_Corrupted](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Destiny_Corrupted)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/praise-aiko-danuja-hound-of-halaima-mistress-mercenary/351180/178 "2022-03-03T10:10:09Z")
So you’re saying that in order to not be “chicken,” I have to put up a constant outlay of funds to defend my structures using mercenaries? Basically that bravery is equivalent to spending money? By effect, would you say that anyone who doesn’t have a lot of money can’t be brave by default? ---
**Author:** ![Dracvlad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dracvlad/32/444126_2.png) [@Dracvlad](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dracvlad)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/praise-aiko-danuja-hound-of-halaima-mistress-mercenary/351180/179 "2022-03-03T10:15:30Z")
It is amusing the way you are trying to spin this, but I will play this game because you are just digging yourself deeper. ISK is an asset, just like ships modules and ammunition, you can use all of them to meet your objectives if you have the mind to do so. Without them you run out of options. What I am saying is that having such a large pot of ISK enables you to step out of your solo player against a blob issue. Mercs are in the game for a reason, but then again you will find that most mercs are not that good… And by the way when people who do indy complained about this you used rather harsh words against them, that is your hypocrisy. ---
**Author:** ![Destiny\_Corrupted](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/destiny_corrupted/32/411527_2.png) [@Destiny\_Corrupted](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Destiny_Corrupted)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/praise-aiko-danuja-hound-of-halaima-mistress-mercenary/351180/180 "2022-03-03T10:21:24Z")
It’s like pulling teeth. Dracvlad, do I have to spend money in order to not be a coward, chicken, et cetera? Do I have to scale up my gameplay from solo activities to not be a coward, chicken, et cetera? Simple questions. ---
**Author:** ![Dracvlad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dracvlad/32/444126_2.png) [@Dracvlad](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dracvlad)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/praise-aiko-danuja-hound-of-halaima-mistress-mercenary/351180/181 "2022-03-03T10:27:59Z")
Simple serious answer: The mechanics are such that you now have to have skin in the game to war dec people. So that means you need ISK to be able to put up and use a war HQ. I found most war deccers hated having skin in the game above the ship that they were running around in. It appears that you are one of those… ---
**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 3, 2022, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/praise-aiko-danuja-hound-of-halaima-mistress-mercenary/351180/182 "2022-03-03T10:33:42Z")
Something tells me that Dracvlad has no ‘skin’ in the game. ---
**Author:** ![Destiny\_Corrupted](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/destiny_corrupted/32/411527_2.png) [@Destiny\_Corrupted](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Destiny_Corrupted)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/praise-aiko-danuja-hound-of-halaima-mistress-mercenary/351180/183 "2022-03-03T10:42:34Z")
That was indeed a simple serious answer, but not to any question I asked. So once again: Do I have to spend money in order to not be a coward, chicken, et cetera? Do I have to scale up my gameplay from solo activities to not be a coward, chicken, et cetera? Additionally, I am going to ask this: Is it possible to engage in wars as a solo player and not be a coward or a chicken? If yes, what are the metrics? Let’s have some _actual_ answers this time. [Previous page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/praise-aiko-danuja-hound-of-halaima-mistress-mercenary/351180.md?page=8) [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/praise-aiko-danuja-hound-of-halaima-mistress-mercenary/351180.md?page=10)