OK, hands up, all you longtime 3x DMs! Who among you said "Gee, I don't know if this 20,000 gp magic ring is suitable for my first level players! I know not to give them a 20,000 gp magic sword, or 20,000 gp magic wand, and I've read the wealth/level guidelines and looked at the sample NPCs, but I'm still just so confused about rings! If only there were some rule, which applied only to rings, which would keep me from giving a too-powerful ring to my players! Furthermore, it would be a lot simpler if ALL rings were really powerful, instead of some being weak and some being strong -- but only rings. I don't have a problem with weak swords and strong swords, weak armor and strong armor, or weak wands and strong wands, but rings? Rings just throw me! When they make a new edition of D&D, I really hope they do something about rings, and only rings, so that they will not confuse me so!"
In reference to this. If you can't follow the link, here's the relevant part:
Rings: This slot has changed quite a bit. A starting character
isn’t powerful enough to unleash the power of a ring. You can use one
ring when you reach paragon tier (11th level) and two when you’re epic
(21st level).
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I never understood why there weren't more low-powered rings to begin with.
Ah, so Frodo was a paragon when he started out?
The more I read about 4E, the less interested I am in playing it.