Hey everybody, got something new I want to add to the academy and I'd like your opinions on it. I have done a lot of tutorial raids designed to show newer raiders how to get through the raids, with occasional "advanced techniques" for those that are familiar already, but want to know the best ways to get through. Today I realized something that should have been added to this a while ago. I would like to start having days to teach specific parts of the raids as well as how to use the relics. I always let someone new take the relic to learn how to use it, but that normally excludes anyone else from being able to use and familiarize themselves with it. There are also certain parts of each raid (such as Atheon fight) where people never really get to practice all roles to efficiently deal with the boss. I will begin adding special raid days were the following would happen: 1. Load up a templar checkpoint with three assistants (including myself) and 3 players who have an interest in learning the shield relic. Each person would get a turn learning not only the controls, but how to effectively deal with the harpies, oracles, detainment fields, and dropping the templar's shield. After all aspects are practiced, we would wipe and let the next person handle it until he or she is comfortable with it. 2. Load up a Crota checkpoint and demonstrate the best methods to use the shield for each class. Similar to the templar practice above, they would run the relic and practice timing, get a sense of when to attack Crota, learn placement, and become comfortable consistently damaging Crota without dying or taking damage. Just like with example one, we would wipe once the person felt comfortable and let the next person have there turn. 3. Go into the Atheon fight and have demonstrations of how to handle both the outside and inside of the portals. Although it would be random, we would not put much DPS on Atheon for times vengeance in order to give people several runs inside and outside the portal. On the outside, assistants who don't get ported can show proper technique on how to demolish the supplicants as soon as they spawn (ensuring nobody has to worry about them on a times vengeance), how to determine where the portal team is, and how to properly designate the person who opens the portal (that last one may sound simple, but you'd be surprised at how many groups have multiple people trying to open a portal). On the inside, instructors would demonstrate how to properly deal with enemies so the relic holder either doesn't have to worry about them or only has to worry about a couple weak enemies while also being ready to immediately deal with oracles BEFORE they start spawning. This is invaluable in the hard raid and guarantees successful portal trips. As you can see, rather than my standard tutorial raids that do entire runs with full explanations, but only allows you to play one role, these would allow you to learn the more difficult mechanics in friendly environment with no pressure. We would not be trying to complete the segments; rather, people will be able to practice important and specialized roles at their own pace. Let me know what you think!