I recently cleric'd my 5th Shroud and still have some questions on buffs.

What buffs are expected before parts 1, 2, and 4?

Why is there never any coordination between buffers as to who is buffing whom? I'm sure I'm buffing characters with buffs they already have. Too bad DDO's raid list is different for every person. If it were static, we could say "you buff the left column, I'll buff the right."

Shouldn't I be doing individual buffs BEFORE shrining? Resist, True Seeing, and Freedom seem like good pre-fight buffs but people never want to wait for them. They click the shrine and go.

Finally, what is with all the whining about how expensive it is to cleric a Shroud? I ran my last shroud with another cleric who just hit 15. Neither of us have any raid gear or Shroud items yet we finished part 5 with him at 25% sp and me at 50%. I might have used 4 scrolls to spot heal but obviously didn't need to. I've never used a pot in the Shroud.

Are the broke clerics using maximized, empowered, quickened 450+ hp heals on 300 hp characters?