Why are the stats on these so terrible? Like, I get the debate with the 180 other gear but it's like they didn't even try with the accessories. Who'd buy them? Is their sole purpose to be used to convert?

The 180 ring is 28 and the 110 HQ ring is 25 with a materia slot and the ability to overmeld. It's like 'should I pay a weeks worth of red scrips for this or spend 20k with a decent materia?' How can a ilvl 110 HQ ring be better than something 70 ilvls above it? The ilvl 170 ring HQ is 27 with a materia slot and overmelding. You don't even need to overmeld it to make it way better than the 180 ring.

It's like they weren't even trying.