1 CapnJackwagon Members 1 post 5,287 battles Report post #1 Posted September 1, 2017 So basically I dont understand why karma is even in the game. I'll take top on my team 10 games and maybe get complimented once. But it only takes one person mad you killed them to report you and that goes away. Does anyone actually have a high karma ranking? Mine stays between 5 and 0 because in the off chance someone actually takes the time to compliment its instantly undone the first time I kill someone and they get angry. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,431 [MOLD] m373x Members 3,885 posts 24,515 battles Report post #2 Posted September 1, 2017 Having high karma value allows you to use more reports and compliments per day. The current maximum is 11 of each per day, you need to be 100+ to have this number iirc. Having high karma feels good, giving compliments also feels good. Mine is somewhat high at 230 as I am the epitome of a dream teammate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,298 [A-D-F] alexf24 Members 7,879 posts 44,695 battles Report post #3 Posted September 1, 2017 What he said. Doesn't do more, but it should. I am hovering around 150. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
39,480 [HINON] Lert Alpha Tester 27,858 posts 27,296 battles Report post #4 Posted September 1, 2017 4 minutes ago, alexf24 said: What he said. Doesn't do more, but it should. No it shouldn't. The moment karma starts doing anything meaningful people will abuse it by heaping karma on their friends. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
639 [WOLF2] DiddleDum Members 1,655 posts 12,493 battles Report post #5 Posted September 1, 2017 Not sure if it was supposed to be a "play nice" control in-game. For the most part, it means nothing to the person receiving (or losing) a karma point. I see it primarily from the person issuing (or retracting) the karma. It's either a venting tool or a pat on the back. Take a look at any of the folks streaming on Twitch, and they'll get bent out of shape that things don't work according to their will. A little salt in chat, and then out the -1's as they report. It's their "getting the last word in" for messing up their game. I tend to use karma as a pat on the back. If I'm in a good fight, I'll say so in chat, if my departure is early in the game. But late in the game, I don't always have time to write o7's to my adversary, and complement him with karma after the match. Same with players on my team that carry, change the momentum of the game, get a kraken, etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
425 [_TKS_] Ariokk Members 888 posts 26,607 battles Report post #6 Posted September 1, 2017 Karma is what lets you drive over people's dogmas. :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,852 Madwolf05 ∞ Alpha Tester 7,170 posts 4,070 battles Report post #7 Posted September 1, 2017 I had the extra Karma points for like 3 days, and then I lost 2 or 3 and don't have the bonus atm. I didn't even say or do anything so I have no idea what happened. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
643 [KMS3] Ghost_Raven75 Members 1,295 posts 8,019 battles Report post #8 Posted September 1, 2017 Yeah it's pretty much there to give you an idea of what people have said in game. I don't talk much in game so I don't get a whole lot of Karma. Only you can see your Karma points so it's not even really a badge of honor and no one can prove or disprove how much you have. I stopped looking at that number months ago. But like some have said, it could be a double edged sword if they made it worth something. Either people will become malicious or generous at it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,709 Quaffer Alpha Tester, Alpha Tester 6,051 posts Report post #9 Posted September 1, 2017 Karma has no point. Karma is nebulous and amorphous. It is best left to the philosophers. Leave points and vertices to the mathematicians and geometers. The color blue is too wonderous to be described as a family of wavelengths. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
78 [TRMN] 13th_Earl_White_Haven Beta Testers 501 posts 2,429 battles Report post #10 Posted September 1, 2017 If you have positive karma doesn't that get you the FTW camo every month? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
436 _Luna Alpha Tester 884 posts 3,403 battles Report post #11 Posted September 1, 2017 Its utterly pointless and I wish they would just remove it. It serves no purpose, and if they do connect it to something, as Lert said above, it WILL be abused. Just now, 13th_Earl_White_Haven said: If you have positive karma doesn't that get you the FTW camo every month? Nope, they are unrelated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
20 [VX9] Cpt_Griffith [VX9] Alpha Tester 671 posts 3,708 battles Report post #12 Posted September 1, 2017 26 minutes ago, DiddleDum said: Not sure if it was supposed to be a "play nice" control in-game. That's how I interpreted it. 26 minutes ago, DiddleDum said: Take a look at any of the folks streaming on Twitch, and they'll get bent out of shape that things don't work according to their will. A little salt in chat, and then out the -1's as they report. It's their "getting the last word in" for messing up their game. lol that seems so petty to me. You didn't play well so shame! But hey, to each his own; I'd rather it be that then raging in game. Personally, I find myself using it when individuals are (politely speaking) being extremely disrespectful in chat. It's one thing to have some friendly smack talk, it's another to call someone a f****t/re***d/you get my point and just go off on a guy/team because he/they didn't play to your standards. To me, that kind of thing serves no purpose and only encourages a toxic environment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
78 [TRMN] 13th_Earl_White_Haven Beta Testers 501 posts 2,429 battles Report post #13 Posted September 1, 2017 Just now, _Luna said: Its utterly pointless and I wish they would just remove it. It serves no purpose, and if they do connect it to something, as Lert said above, it WILL be abused. Nope, they are unrelated. Is FTW for not getting reported than? Could have sworn it was something like that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
436 _Luna Alpha Tester 884 posts 3,403 battles Report post #14 Posted September 1, 2017 1 minute ago, 13th_Earl_White_Haven said: Is FTW for not getting reported than? Could have sworn it was something like that. You get the FTW camo from having no strikes against you in a given time period for In Game or Forum rules violations. Karma does nothing but give you the ability to issue more +/- Karma on others players per day. There are no controls for how those +/- are given. You could Dev Strike an enemy, he gets salty about it, and there goes a point. It is utterly pointless. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,247 [SCCC] FayFay731 Members 1,137 posts 9,687 battles Report post #15 Posted September 1, 2017 If you get more karma you can make others get less, nuff said. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
193 Cognitive_Dissonance Members 575 posts 3,075 battles Report post #16 Posted September 1, 2017 28 minutes ago, Quaffer said: Karma has no point. Karma is nebulous and amorphous. It is best left to the philosophers. Leave points and vertices to the mathematicians and geometers. The color blue is too wonderous to be described as a family of wavelengths. What about splines? And "blue" as a color as we know it, or even the concept of the word, wasn't even known or defined during the time of the Greek's - so did they see blue? But yeah, the other day, I lost 4 Karma points, because a guy didn't approve of how I was using my Bayern, and burned all his reports on me . . . as he said he would do. What is the point of a system that can be abused just because someone disagrees with you? To arbitrary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
45 [U_N_F] Geek_Girl Beta Testers 214 posts 11,096 battles Report post #17 Posted September 1, 2017 59 minutes ago, Lert said: No it shouldn't. The moment karma starts doing anything meaningful people will abuse it by heaping karma on their friends. Cranky Butt 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
74 Robinhood_ Members 300 posts 6,969 battles Report post #18 Posted September 1, 2017 46 minutes ago, FayFay731 said: If you get more karma you can make others get less, nuff said. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,763 [-K-] Lord_Zath Supertest Coordinator, Alpha Tester, WoWS Community Contributors, Wiki Editor 6,628 posts 29,065 battles Report post #19 Posted September 1, 2017 Karma exists so people can make awesome signatures. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,709 Quaffer Alpha Tester, Alpha Tester 6,051 posts Report post #20 Posted September 1, 2017 41 minutes ago, SmirkingGerbil said: What about splines? And "blue" as a color as we know it, or even the concept of the word, wasn't even known or defined during the time of the Greek's - so did they see blue? But yeah, the other day, I lost 4 Karma points, because a guy didn't approve of how I was using my Bayern, and burned all his reports on me . . . as he said he would do. What is the point of a system that can be abused just because someone disagrees with you? To arbitrary. Splines only have vertices at the loci of discontinuities. Sounds like you have found yourself at one such locus. Too arbitrary indeed. As for the abscense of blue in early writing; an interesting subject indeed. Still, they didn't discuss gravity much and yet they still fell upon occasion. May hap we've evolved. What wonders await? Well, don't let the bastards grind you down. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
903 anonym_OlK73e329bMY Members 3,284 posts Report post #21 Posted September 1, 2017 It's one of the many ways I share my positivity with the world. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
5,912 [CNO] Soshi_Sone Members 7,450 posts 23,087 battles Report post #22 Posted September 1, 2017 (edited) It's WG way for you to say "Thank you". It's a polite thing to do. It's also WG way for you to say "That wasn't nice". Sometimes folks need admonishment. What's the point in game? The same as the one IRL. Think about it. Edited September 1, 2017 by Soshi_Sone Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
193 Cognitive_Dissonance Members 575 posts 3,075 battles Report post #23 Posted September 1, 2017 (edited) 49 minutes ago, Quaffer said: Splines only have vertices at the loci of discontinuities. Sounds like you have found yourself at one such locus. Too arbitrary indeed. As for the abscense of blue in early writing; an interesting subject indeed. Still, they didn't discuss gravity much and yet they still fell upon occasion. May hap we've evolved. What wonders await? Well, don't let the bastards grind you down. Actually more like an asymptotic eternity . . . will it ever truly matter? And yeah, I blew To vs. Too . . .so ashamed. Edited September 1, 2017 by SmirkingGerbil Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
903 anonym_OlK73e329bMY Members 3,284 posts Report post #24 Posted September 1, 2017 I play a lot nowadays and I very rarely experience someone who's so upset as a result of my play that they give me negative karma. I normally receive negative karma as a result of something I said. Unwanted advice, responding to trash tralk, etc. It's a pretty rare event. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,635 [TWFT] Turbotush Members 1,768 posts 46,725 battles Report post #25 Posted September 2, 2017 I like looking at my karma, it lets me know what other players think about how I perform and how I treat other players. I would like to think that it has a personal meaning to each of us. As of today I have 336, im sort of proud of the fact that that many players took the time to say "Thank you for how you conducted yourself and played a good game". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
