ydex wrote:and to be fair it wasn't exactly ES attacking NB, rather it was FAD(Fuck A.D?) trying to lure AD into NB. And ofc no NB player can do anything too the FAD guys, so weird question?

Not a single person on that raid can excuse themselves by claiming that they did not know New Brodgarians were targeted, or that they were going to be targeted.
Maslow and Peo, the "bait", had attacked New Brodgar twice in the 3 days before that, killing New Brodgarians. The entire point of the raid was to run around and wreck shit in New Brodgar until whatever kindly AD members decided to come defend showed up. You don't do that by running around the streets of New Brodgar respecting the life and liberty of its residents.
No, certain people either consciously chose, or chose to ignore, that innocent newbs would die. In order to get at their enemies they were going to slaughter random newbs mercilessly, that had no affiliation and provided no benefit to the opposing faction. There was some backward and twisted reasoning involved in this entire thing, where my own allies don't appreciate a request for neutrality and a safe haven, but my enemies do.