Excellent post, you've done a great job explaining why the current system works and how randomizing portals will BREAK the raid for the majority of players. Many players haven't even played the raid yet, let alone had the chance to figure out every role. I've been lucky enough to complete the raid twice, in both the relic holder and supplicant/portal opening roles. The chaos in randomizing roles is unimaginable. Atheon will never die, because the scramble of who carries the relic is going to dominate the fight. There is very little time to damage him significantly as it is. Once Atheon gets enraged after a certain amount of time, it's game over. Bungie, please re-think this change, I guarantee it will ruin the raid experience for everyone. I'm level 29 and the only thing I need to do in the game is get two more pieces of raid gear. I'm not sure I ever will now.