Guild Wars 2

So I finished my game goals. Neva thought I would get to the point where I would want a legendary so burnt my karma. Now I need ob shards so I need karma. Wots best or fastestway to get either shards oor karma.

I want the satisfaction of making my own so not buying one from tp.

edge of the mists…

As Isaacs said, EotM is a great karma train. Make sure you have access to karma boosters, icecream consumable (any icecream), guild karma boosts and banner boosts for maximum efficiency.

If you end up in an overflow where your color is outnumbered, relog into EotM for a new overflow. As an added bonus, some Season 2 rewards also grant Obsidian shards, IIRC.

Pix

I have found fractals to be a good source of Karma as well. I’m in the same position as you are. EotM CAN be a good source of karma, but even with all the boosters I was getting less in the same amount of time as one fractal run. That being said, you would need fractals past level 10, then run 10 levels below your personal reward level. I am at reward level 14, and run level 4 and with one karma boost (50% karma) along with what ever guild booster is on, I can get 10+k Karma PER RUN. You can also use the fractal relics to buy obsidian shards, getting at least 1 shard per run.

I didn’t much care for EotM, and thats why I don’t do it often. With a limited play schedule, I would rather get in a couple of fractal runs for 20k+ Karma, than spend that time in EotM, but thats just me.

underleveled fractals. no question about it.
get your fractal level to like 30, then do level 20 fractals. you get about 8,000 karma after the 4th fractal, and the full run should take about 1 hour. so that’s 133 karma/min.
half way through the final boss I will frequently drop a heroes banner, eat some ice cream, and use a karma booster if I have one. once I dropped a karma bonfire. my parties tend to love me :P plus I have karmic infusion. +80% karma on 8k = 14,400 karma (240 karma/min). You would get even more karma if you got your personal level to 40 then ran level 30 fractals (8,800 karma) or even 50 then ran 40 (9,600 karma), but it would probably take more than an hour per run at that point.
The most karma you can get is at 10 levels below your personal level.
The only trouble is that it takes an hour to get to the 4th fractal boss again, so the booster will possibly not last that long, so I usually do EotM or EB for the rest of the hour. Honeslty, it’s more to mix things up than to maximize karma income, as I’ve done almost 1000 fractal runs in my career.

this is all not even mentioning the fractal relics. each level 20/21 run will get you about 70-100 relics (including pristine relic), which can be directly turned into 5-7 obby shards (a 12,000-karma-value, yours free!)