@raid

[KumaAkuma]

(There’s no guarantee all future instances will fit the definition of “dungeon,” and it’d just be ridiculous and flat out wrong to call something that isn’t a dungeon a dungeon, right? But even a small party of people can raid a given location, dungeon or otherwise. Just sayin’.)

If you raid a fridge, do you call the fridge a raid? No you don't.
If you raid Fort Knox, do you call Fort Knox a raid? No you don't.
If you raid Iraq, do you call Iraq a raid? No you don't.

Just sayin’

[Alcide]

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Let the Djigga hunt begin ù.ù

[Zenaku]

If you saying the reason he called the 8 man dungeon "raid" is maybe it's because the max party is 8? which = max people within the dungeon which then = raid top of that it the endgame event for us right now. I bet when we get level cap 60 it wont be much of a raid anymore.

[Coldfire]

Wiki says:
-Raid (military), a sudden attack behind an enemy's lines without the intention of holding ground
-Raid (gaming), a type of mission in a video game where a very large number of people combine forces to defeat a powerful enemy
-Panty raid, a prankish raid by male college students on the living quarters of female students to steal panties as trophies lol
There's more meanings of "Raid" but I don't think they matter.

[Zenaku]

Wiki says:
-Raid (military), a sudden attack behind an enemy's lines without the intention of holding ground
-Raid (gaming), a type of mission in a video game where a very large number of people combine forces to defeat a powerful enemy
-Panty raid, a prankish raid by male college students on the living quarters of female students to steal panties as trophies lol
There's more meanings of "Raid" but I don't think they matter.

a type of mission in a video game where a very large number of people combine forces to defeat a powerful enemy

Which large number in ffxiv is 8 i bet if it still was 15 players wont be talking so much s*** about it being called raid -.-.

btw i love the 3rd one overall

[Gun_Anam]

Yes, use of the word 'raid' is misunderstood by many.

While we can be going to a raid, the raid isn't the actual location itself. It's more going to participate in the activity of raiding at said location. When it is said "we're going to a raid" it's meant in the context of going to participate in the activity at that location, not calling the location itself a raid.

Unfortunately as this term is used in MMO's and people see it used for the first time they take it to mean that the location itself is a raid. This misunderstanding of the term is becoming much wider spread.

To use an example of a very similar word, it's like saying "I'm going to a protest". A protest isn't the location but the activity, yet people don't misunderstand this term as it's not frequenty used in MMO's to have it's meaning skewed.

[Nipa]

Maybe we should try to find a replacement word for "small-group contents that may or may not be indoor and may or may not be instanced but that can't be called a raid anyway due to their size".

[Coldfire]

How about Drain? ^^

[Wolfie]

raid   
[reyd]
–noun
1.
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
2.
Military . a sudden attack on the enemy, as by air or by a small land force.
3.
a vigorous, large-scale effort to lure away a competitor's employees, members, etc.
4.
Finance . a concerted attempt of speculators to force stock prices down.

–verb (used with object)
5.
to make a raid on.
6.
to steal from; loot: a worry that the investment fund is being raided.
7.
to entice away from another: Large companies are raiding key personnel from smaller companies.
8.
to indulge oneself by taking from, especially in order to eat: raiding the cookie jar.

–verb (used without object)
9.
to engage in a raid.

Origin:
1375–1425; Middle English (north and Scots ) ra ( i ) de, Old English rād expedition, literally, a riding; doublet of road

—Related forms
coun·ter·raid, noun, verb
un·raid·ed, adjective

—Synonyms
1. seizure. 2. incursion, invasion, inroad.


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The power of dictionaries!

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[Jennestia]

You're not allowed to use dictionary definitions as it kills the argument that it's being misused.