Yeah, I'm a big friend of Marauder gear too, and the exotics are really not noticeably more expensive to craft than core stats. Also, the "viper's is as expensive as ascended" is hyperbole. It's just that when you're sinking that much into it, why not go all in and spend a bit more to get top-tier.
An easy way to get an ascended sword is from the PoF elite spec collections. There should be 2 options for you there (holo and weaver). For a focus, I don’t think there’s any cheap fast ways. Just the normal way you’d get ascended weapons: fractal drops, strike currencies, crafting. fictitiousacct.Seasons of the Dragons. Seasons of the Dragons is the new meta-achievement under the Side Stories -> Current Events category. Replaying living world episodes and maps will allow you to progress and unlock rewards. The achievement has 4 tiers corresponding to each playable living story series.
Jeknar.6184. Commander Acessories can be obtained through the LS3 as long you have at least Bloodstone Fen, Ember Bay and Bitterfrost Frontier unlocked. You farm the currency of these maps and buy your gear from the Unbound Magic vendors.Exotic commander Armor and Weapon recipes are extremely expensive so your best bet is to get ascended pieces I came back to Guild Wars 2 after a long period, and at that time exotic was the highest tier for armor and weapons, but now ascended gear exists in those slots. I found out that the normal way to get ascended gear is to level armorsmith and weaponsmith to 500 and craft them, creating account bounded gear. ul57I8.