Welcome to the Weekly Question Post on c/guildwars2!
This post is dedicated to those questions that you might not think is worth making a whole post about, but sure is worth getting an answer to ;)
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You might even skip the exotic tier for trinkets, because amulets, rings and accessories of ascended or even legendary quality (though most require Living World) are relatively easy to acquire. Not owning Living World pretty much locks you out of the more “fancy” stat combinations, but you can get ascended trinkets with Berserker and Celestial stats from Laurel vendors.