if they removed it then it just be like FFXI where rings only give 2-4dex or str which mean low level would have 2dex and high level would have 4dex and maybe much much later 5-7 like now in ffxi which wont be much of a issue.I'm a person when playing ffxi i dislike having slot open if there a item that useful for my level i like getting it and use it so i do hope they fix this issue.