See, thats just it - this definitely HAS BEEN ok in the past per Thror, and other battle IMM's. The only reason there is any question to it is because of the inconsistency in past policy vs what is being laid down now. I personally have spent a lot of hours within the village, and I would not have batted an eye at this at all.

In fact: here are Thror's exact words upon a party "in motion" to assault an enemy cabal.

"The Siege –
There is no parity in the siege. It is an assault on an enemy cabal. It is the defense of your own cabal. It is the coordination and execution of a carefully planned attack. If you are the enemy in the way of BattleRagers “in motion” of a siege, expect to be removed as a barrier of defense or offense."

Fessara struck a group of 3 (well knowing the danger), furthermore that group of 3 had JUST raided her cabal, and was on the way to raid another (war party by past definitions entirely).

"Do not attack a group of BattleRagers. If they are out gaining experience they have a purpose. To attack them while they are grouped is to attack them as a single entity."

Since by definition this "Not being ok" conflicts directly with standards laid down before, I do not think that asking for clarification is outlandish at all, nor do I think you should assume the answer should be obvious - if it were obvious I would not be asking for clarification.

Link to Thror's post:

http://forums.carrionfields.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=6&topic_id=39721&mesg_id=39745&page=51

As an addendum, I am kind of put out that Gogoth took a lot of heat over this, when in fact a leader of an enemy cabal had every opportunity to take complete advantage of the fact that we were shortly going to be raiding another cabal for their item. The person in question has means within their disposal to strike an out silently, and dispatch it - yet chose to throw their life away on a failed assassination attempt. To question the legitimacy of the actions of the battle ragers, and not the actions of the imperials seems very biased to me and has bothered me for about a week now. As I knew it, the blood oath was not "my heart, my soul, my life for the Empire...unless there is someone to stalk"