So, I have about 200k sitting, what do I do with them?
Exotic gear? (i already have, but i can improve the stats)
Lost Orrion Boxes?
Just unlock skins?
What am i supposed to do with all these points? they keep piling and piling and i never do anything with them. is there any “superior” use that gives you the best return for karma?
well with the aboundance of obsidian shards you get from chest in sw it aint a good cost effective way to spend karma anymore.
with only 200k i would wait to spend it untill hot comes when we get new merchants that sell stuff for karma ( got 4milion myself and unsure if I got enough )
There are plenty of uses for karma. Perhaps limiting what you spend to a percentage will allow it to grow. As your Achievement Points reach certain levels you get increases to how much karma you get per event. Honestly I try not to drop below about 15 times that amount.
The best for gold is buying karma clothing items, mystic forging them and salvaging the result for scraps and selling them.
If you have the expansion, there are supposed to be karma merchants in there selling recipes and other stuff. It’s possible you have to grind a mastery up high enough to talk to them first, but it’s something to think about before you use up your karma now.
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So, I have about 200k sitting, what do I do with them?
Exotic gear? (i already have, but i can improve the stats)
Lost Orrion Boxes?
Just unlock skins?
What am i supposed to do with all these points? they keep piling and piling and i never do anything with them. is there any “superior” use that gives you the best return for karma?
200k karma isn’t all that much. Crafting a legendary takes close to a million, unless you have other sources for Obsidian Shards (including silverwaste or fractal farming). Unlocking skins takes millions more. On the other hand, there aren’t any super efficient ways to convert karma into gold. And on the third hand, there’s been some indication that there might be new uses for karma when HoT launches.
Given the above, I wouldn’t worry about spending 200k karma right now.
If you feel as if it’s burning kitten in your wallet, here are my recommendations:
Unlock skins and/or gear up alt characters.
Use karma to complete Thirst Slayer, the alcohol consumption achievement.
Convert to gold, in order of best conversion rate:
Crafting, requires effort and research to identify the most efficient recipes. Can earn 25-100 silver per thousand karma.
Buying tools, including basic salvage, gathering. Saves 11.4 silver/kilo-karma.
how about buying ascended gear? i noticed they cost 42k each, i have only exotic armor
Exotic gear costs 42k/piece. Yes, if you need such gear, using karma (instead of gold) is a very efficient use of karma. The big downside: such gear isn’t salvageable, and so you won’t be able to recover any upgrades you apply to it. (That’s an acceptable risk to a lot of folks, including myself, especially when it comes to alt characters.)
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