Dear YoshiP, please stop misusing the word "raid".

[Starlord]

Makes me wonder what an epic /facepalm would be like O_O would it hurt?

Oh.. No.. it won't hurt.. for too long that is ^.^.

But this thread on its own is an Epic /facepalm .....

[zaviermhigo]

I like how the article he's quoting, yoshi-p said "EQ raid" is the raid that he normally things of. People who played WoW need to get over themselves everything from that game was borrowed from another game. EQ invented 90% of the shit in WoW they just streamlined it for stupid people. Straight up. Like WoW isn't really in the game developments head when they think western game they think EQ and Dark Age of Camelot. WoW is just a back up for people who came into gaming later.

[indira]

BCNM !!! DYNAMIS!!! something like that i hope.

Raid = noob terms

[Soma]

i prefer the 2 party 3 party and etc = alliance

no looking for group. LFG in FF? no thanks!!

looking for party? LFP yes please!!

no dps in this game either. DD yes!! woo hoo DD!!

FF11 didnt use wow terminology and 14 shouldnt either.

as long as the words "raid" "group" and "dps" are not in the auto translate ill be happy.

(meat)(shield)(can i have it?)

[Payadopa]

I can't believe we're actually talking about something mundane as this.
It's just a word.

[Isaaru]

I can't believe we're actually talking about something mundane as this.
It's just a word.

Agreed. lol @ this thread. I'm surprised it's still open after 11 pages.

[Gun_Anam]

I was about to come in here and complain about WoW players trying to change the meaning of words to what they think they should be, but I see enough people have commented to that effect.

As mentioned in one of the earlier posts in this thread, a raid is something that can be undertaken by a minimum of 1 person and is not defined by numbers.

Please, no more stupid comments like "OMG, the dictionary has changed the meaning of a word I use in WoW! WoW was here before the english language and therefore must take priority!". Seriously, sometimes I hear people use words in games and think they just pulled a word out of their arse and decided to give it a new meaning to suit whatever they want it to mean.

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

I mostly gave up on most misuses when people typed "LOL" and didn't actually laugh out loud. Sitting next to them in a computer cafe or on the phone with them, I believe I would have heard something.

When someone types in Roflcopter, I want to see someone jump out of their chair and git to it!!!

On the "raid" thing, it's been around since '98 with Everquest, going on to Dark Age of Camelot. FFXI called it an Alliance I think. MMO conceptually, these words encompass "a group/party so large, one group/party can't contain all the love".

In the FF14 sense: Four people most likely make up a single party. Where eight people wouldbe the equivalent of two parties. The fifteen person J-Pop groups may be making a return when they figure out how far eight people can go.

Just throwing my two gil/copper pieces/meseta out there.

[Nikita]

I will agree with most here and chime in to say that this really doesn't bother me. Even in World of Warcraft there are 10 player "raids". That doesn't seem significantly large to me. If SE want's to use it in this way, I don't see why they shouldn't, especially when most MMOs take words and give them a new meaning. Relinquishing the use of a particular word just to meet the status quo seems a little odd especially in a fantasy game.

[Ichi]

NEws flash WoW didn't invent raids. It's a general mmo term it means doing something with a group in an area. That's about as much as I can say without being inaccurate. Raid is just as eclectic a term across different mmos as grinding, farming, or pvp it means many different things in many different games get used to it you're gonna have to adjust.