The problem is that for Evey cheap means 2-3k peds, when for most of community its very high amount of peds, even for uber geared guys it takes months to gain such proffit. Author of this thread wanted to see more rings for noobs, i suppoze from 40-100 ped value with lets say 0.2% lifesteal, +10% crit dmg or auto loot within 10m. These noob rings would not be freebees, but only gives much smaller boost proportional for its price.
not so long ago, I called myself still a noob and was not really interested in a ring.
Saw no reason for one...what benefit does faster running bring besides lt looks like you are on speed and do not know where to go ?
Lifesteal did not help me, could not do enough damage with the guns I was using to feel a benefit. Same goes for any other damage related buff.
And Autoloot, have been using the TT pills since they came out.
Only after I hit level 70 I started to really feel that even a "cheap" ring could give me some benefits and I invested 1,7k in an Athenic Augmented. Not damage based but at least a bit feelable benefits.
So even though I also would like to have lower prices on rings, lower specs on them for the lower price would not really make them interesting to buy, because you could not even feel a benefit from them. 0.2% lifesteal when doing 50DPS is nothing that makes a difference. I think those rings would end up as TT food.
What I really would like to see is a soulbound ring that you can upgrade as you progress, but looking at the Viceroy, I really doubt something like that will come in "cheap". And since the price for it is not market based, you can have a feeling what the developers think it should cost you.