Honing that does not brick your week
Push the character you raid on. Alts feed materials. Random honing on a parked character is how gold disappears.
Check this resource when a new raid floor moves the item level target.
Raids are homework plus a fight
Learn the gate, then the pattern. A DPS meter does not save a missed mech. Use a support when the lobby needs one, not a fifth DPS that dies first.
Dailies should refill the raid budget. Chaos gates are a route, not an all-day job.