Can't understand why any cleric wouldn't put both hp buffs on an enchanter, the only reason to think about it is to ask the chanter first whether he's already got better than you can give and if so what're the timers.
There are a lot of attentive and well played enchanters on p99 (some terrible ones as well, ofc, but nearly all the bad ones seem to give up before L40,) It's rare that either my paladin or my cleric lands a stun before the chanter does on a pet break, OTOH it's not wasted mana to cast because when I do land mine first the chanter needs the help.
If you're not the puller, the tank, or CC not only do you not need an AC buff, in most groups you shouldn't need a HP buff (if your cleric is 52+ you'll get HB anyway.) AC buffs are a waste of mana on int casters, even when they're CC, making their tissuepaper "armor" a bit shinier does not change the fact that they're going to get smacked and smacked hard when a mob gets on them, stun and root will save them where an AC buff will do nothing.
Inattentive clerics are bad, and they should feel bad about themselves. It's not possible to be a competent anything in EQ without paying attention, but an inattentive cleric is a tank's worst nightmare.
That one rogue, you know, the one who never asks for any buffs except str & haste, the one who almost never gets hit and yet still murders the hell out of the mobs, yeah, that one... write his name down and invite him to your groups at every opportunity. Seriously people, how fucking difficult is it to let the tank get agro and/or wait for root before your first BS? why are you up on top of that rooted mob taking agro from the warrior? do you even evade bro? When stuck grouping with one of the 5000 or so "rouge with epic" idiots on this server, try to gently urge them not to be so bad by not healing them unless you're at full mana and have nothing better to do. (The good rogue, that one guy, he'll never be less than competent at any class because he pays attention. Learn who his alts are and put them all on your friend list,)
@OP:
In 3+ years I've only grouped with a few bad clerics here. When you find yourself grouped with one, first try to figure out if they just don't know better. Talk to them, be friendly rather than accusing and mix a bit of advice and/or some specific requests into the conversation. If that's well received you've probably made a new friend as well as improved the play of a groupmate, if they get hostile or rude just avoid them in future.
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