I have been looking through guides relating to gearing. However it seems like you cant get those free John's Treasure rings anymore. So My question is for progression with drop rate %; is my only option to buy clean rings for 1 Bil in AH?
Additionally go to the FM NPC - Belle, find the option to make grand amethyst maple ring (lvl.50) with 1000 maple leaves it can also get 15% drop rate and is potential-able. Just exhaust all of her dialogue till you find it.
Other than the abovementioned rings, start killing bosses everyday, especially Madman Ranmaru and Normal/Chaos Horntail. Who knows, you may be lucky and obtain Lightning God Ring/Scarlet Ring/Sliver Blossom Ring from these bosses?