Originally Posted by
Larynx
Define raid.
Raid, to me, is the hardest level of difficulty available for PvE content. If you define raid as large scale PvE group content, then you have meta events. If you require both to be one in the same, then your original post is correct.
I don't know how difficult meta events are, so they could possibly fit the description. However, they're not instanced and GW2 PvE is designed around personal responsibility, which you can't have in any meaningful sense with other 20+ players