Guild Wars 2

I’m on my quest for my first legendary, and noticed I could trade in fractal relics for obsidian shards at a 15:1 rate. I was wondering if people usually ran the daily fractal to get 1 to 2 obsidian shards quickly, because while I know I can farm karma at champ trains, I still haven’t gotten into it very much.

champ trains for karma?
did you mean wvw friday player vs door trains for karma?

relics for obsidian shards is a waste imo. unless you really have no other use for them

also if you do fractals -10 levels your personal, you get extra karma: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Fractal_Karma_Reward_Table

A single Fractal level (not map, full level) can get you up to 10-11 shards pretty easily. Not really a waste if the so-called PvDoor bores you to tears. I know I don’t like Dredge a whole lot… but I’d still rather do Fractals than DEs or WvW trains for karma.

OldSomalia.6180:

A single Fractal level (not map, full level) can get you up to 10-11 shards pretty easily. Not really a waste if the so-called PvDoor bores you to tears. I know I don’t like Dredge a whole lot… but I’d still rather do Fractals than DEs or WvW trains for karma.

I don’t care much about ascended fractals gear, how long does it take to complete 1 full fractal in average?

Pie Flavor.1647:

I don’t care much about ascended fractals gear, how long does it take to complete 1 full fractal in average?

It depend a lot on your party (if they are good and know well the fractals), on your luck (do you get easy fractal or the harder one) and finally it depend on your level. It can range from 30min to 3-4 hours. With a good group you should always take 45min-1.5 hour to complete pretty much any level.

Keep in mind that the higher fractal level you have the higher the reward will be in Fractal Relics and in Karma. The best reward for those you will get them if you are level 50 and you are doing level 40. So if you don’t plan on going that high in fractal, maybe that fractal is not the best option for you to get obsidian shards.