Sometimes using recommended gear button randomly equips lower item level jewelry

Date & Time: random
Frequency: random
World name: all
Character name: any
Retainer name: irrelevant
NPC name: irrelevant
Monster name: irrelevant
Class/Level: irrelevant
Party or solo: irrelevant
In-game time: irrelevant
Area and coordinates: irrelevant
Housing: irrelevant


Everything you're asking for to me is irrelevant, I can't force replication of this but it happens to my friends and I all the time, different people, different internet, different systems.

I guess it's rings and neck mainly because the recommended gear button is broken when it comes to lower item level rings, like if 1 stat for your current class on an old ring provides an older base stat even if of lower value, it will prioritize that over the higher item leveled ring that should be equipping instead.