Guild Wars 2

Its long over due and time to make Karma sellable like Gems are. Its already a timesink to get the karma but a VERY slow process (using forge and the linen scraps way) to convert it to gold. And again grinding for gold is a goldsink by itself so people with gold should be allowed to buy karma.

OR

Make the forge options stack like they do with crafting, so if you wish to forge four of the same items and have more items in invent the forge should give an option to forge them all automatically. This would speed up forging the karma items that will then be salvaged for linen up more. Again getting the karma then buying the items is ALREADY a hugh timesink. we dont need another timesink by having to click each karma item to put in the forge over and over like we currently are forced to do.

Atm I have about 10mill karma which would take weeks to convert to linen scraps and then sell on tp. Currently its a timesink over a timesink over a timesink, I don’t mind grinding for the karma but I do mind then grinding to convert it.

Karma is designed as a currency independant of gold. Its primary functions are unlocking unique vendor skins and in forging the legendaries.

Converting Karma → gold is not really it’s intended function.
Gold → karma should never happen as it’s a game-play currency unlike gold.

That aside if you have 10 mil karma have you:
1. Unlocked the 3 karma Armor sets
2. Unlocked the 5 T3 Karma weapon sets
3. Unlocked the risen priest of balth mini

You can convert karma into gold indirectly. Lost Orrian Jewelboxes contain a lot of junk items you can sell, and will also frequently contain lodestones.

The 3 rings way is the best

3 rings bought with karma all rare + 1 looted or bough rare = rare or exotic but always will get that rare if not a exotic so no loss other than karma, looted 19 rares to day why sell at 25 silver turn them into exotics ! then sell for more

Always thought it was best to allow Karma to Laurel converting, since there is already ways to convert to gold. However I think Laurels were created as a “carrot” to keep players logging in daily.

Best way to make gold: Buy a TON of T3 Cultural weapons (doesn’t matter race). Take them to the Mystic Forge. Start combining. Resell all the weapons you make out of it. Possible precursor too (I’ve gotten 2 this method).

Blood Red Arachnid.2493:

You can convert karma into gold indirectly. Lost Orrian Jewelboxes contain a lot of junk items you can sell, and will also frequently contain lodestones.

That method is bad and will cost you 5x more karma and result in ALOT less gold. Boxes cost too much and lodestones are rare, and even if you do get some they’re no where near the value they used to be. This wasnt the best method even when most were at 2g-3g each range now most are 80s or less. With linen convert the items cost less karma and you have a 90% chance to get linen and about 10% chance to get 1-3 cotton back. Linen one cant be beaten imo even with the current timesink of forge.

You can only get Karma from doing, events, hearts and fractals. Allowing a player to buy it eliminates it’s purpose of rewarding for doing.

Again, MMOs are marathons and not sprints. Not everything that takes time is a “time sink” as strange as that sounds.

An account bound currency you must play the game to get. Buy/sell means you no longer have to play the game but can instead grind the same thing over and over that you ALREADY do for gold. For me I can never have enough karma cause i consistently spend it on shards for crafting legendary. The orrian boxes aren’t bad as you can get back 60-80% karma from the consumables plus the loot. Sure its not optimal but its not bad. And if karma is still you best way of getting linen I am laughing in your face and your waste of karma.

Converting 10m karma into linen would not take weeks, you could do it in a day lol.