Dailies for Healers

So I’m broke. Well, to be more precise, Liore is broke. I have a bank alt with enough gold to cover dual spec when 3.1 hits, and my shaman alt can fund her own needs, but Liore is perpetually broke. I’m also behind on my reputations, barely completing any in WotLK so far. My guildies are often mystified about what I do when I’m online and not raiding, because it certainly doesn’t seem to be daily quests or heroics. The sad truth is that I tend to chat in guild chat or on Vent and run circles repeatedly in Ironforge, or if I’m feeling particularly ambitious I will hop around IF trying to not step on any cracks. Yes. This is indeed a valuable use of my time.

Last night was our second night of Sarth 3D attempts, and repairs have officially done me in. So I give to you, for my own edification if no one else’s, a list of healer friendly non-boring daily quests. Start in Sholazar because it takes the longest to get to (stupid Wintergrasp flight path) and work your way around Northrend counter-clockwise. This is Oracles-oriented, but insert a couple of Frenzyheart quests if you need to.

Appeasing the Great Rain Stone – Sholazar Basin
12g 84s – 500 rep with The Oracles
Grab a gorloc friend and dig up shinies. I always go with Moodle because he is so surly and fussy and cute.

The “Song” Quest of the Day – Sholazar Basin
13g 23s – 500 rep with The Oracles
A Cleansing Song
Song of Fecundity
Song of Reflection
Song of Wind and Water
Easy quests that require you to simply use an item or fight with a vehicle.

Preparing for the Worst – Borean Tundra
4g 86s – 500 rep with The Kalu’ak
Taking quest items from level 71 mobs is like candy from a baby.. even for healers.

Planning for the Future – Dragonblight
4g 86s – 500 rep with The Kalu’ak
Kill a level 73-ish mob and save adorable baby wolvar.

The Way to His Heart… – Howling Fjord
7g 40s – 500 rep with The Kalu’ak
If I can help just one sea lion couple find love, I feel like I’ve done my part.

Life or Death – Grizzly Hills
9g 96s – 125 rep with Alilance Vanguard, 250 with Valiance Expedition
You’ll become PVP flagged as long as you have this quest in your log, so plan accordingly. If GH is pretty dead on your server, though, this is an easy quest.

Overstock – Storm Peaks
12g 96s
Use landmines, blow up big stompy invaders. What’s not to like about this quest?

The Random Brunnhildar Daily – Storm Peaks
13g 23s and a chance at a Reins of the White Polar Bear
Back to the Pit
Defending Your Title
Maintaining Discipline
Defending Your Title requires a bit of combat, but the Victorious Challengers are not that tough. Otherwise, it’s using items and vehicles.

Thrusting Hodir’s Spear – Storm Peaks
16g 53s – 500 rep with Sons of Hodir
This is my favorite daily. It takes a bit of time to figure out the mechanics — checkout the comments on Wowhead for good strategies — but once you do it’s still fun and challenging every day.

King of the Mountain – Icecrown
13g 23s – 250 rep with Valiance Expedition
This quest is more like a puzzle than anything. Can Jumpbot make it up the mountain?

The grand total is just over 109 gold, and almost nothing had to be slowly smited to death! I guess I have no excuse now…

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Guild DPSer talking about Sarth 3D: “There should be some kind of big raid warning for void zones.”
Me: “There is.. it’s the giant bright blue swirly on your screen.”

Consistently killing the second drake now, so we just have to master the 20 seconds after that. I’m trying to not get the troops’ hopes too high, but I feel reeeeeeally good about next week.