Quote Originally Posted by RabidSquirrel View Post
The term "raid" has no requirement in terms of number of participants. I raid my roommate's snack cabinet all the time, yet I am only one person.

And anyways, people who play WoW rarely referred to the raids as "raids." They had names too. Like Molten Core, Naxxramus, Blackwing Lair, Zul'Garab, Karazhan, etc. And these were further shortened to abbreviations: MC, Nax, BWL, ZG, Kara, and so on. Normally players refer to the shortened names. When asked, "What are you doing tonight?" The response would be something like, "Doing MC." Not, "I'm raiding."

It's just a general term that people will rarely use in this game too. Get over it.
But in FFXIV's case, you aren't allowed to raid your roommates snack cabinet unless you have 7 other people with you.