I enjoy experimenting with different builds and classes, and thus always have a need for new equipment of different stat varieties. For armor, I like to utilize the Bladed armor set, which has selectable stats, exotic rarity and is available in all weight classes. It’s also comparatively fairly easy to farm for, since most pieces can be bought with a combination of local currency and gold, while the chestpiece can be obtained through an event that regularly gets organized runs.
Unfortunately, armor is only part of what one needs to fully equip a character. So far I’ve been getting by with crafting, but there are prefixes that I don’t have the recipes for, and no way to obtain them.
So, are there any reasonably simple ways to farm for weapons, trinkets and back items of exotic rarity and with selectable stats? I only own the Heart of Thorns and Path of Fire expansions atm, so anything within those limitations would be cool.
In pve? Not too many. There are some achievements in LWS1 and LWS2 that give exotic trinkets, but some can only be done once per account.
Frankly, it would be easier to buy LW Season 3- specifically the Bitterfrost Frontier and Bloodstone Fen episodes and farm winterberries with different characters daily, which is enough for a new trinket every few days. All can be bought in Bitterfrost except the amulet, which you can get from Bloodstone Fen.
If you end up buying all of the living world seasons, The “Return To…” achievement offers a convenient way to work towards a legendary amulet while making enough map currency for ascended trinkets along the way.