I leveled up the ring to rank 5 but I can't get the shoulder. I have 2000 scales and the ring is rank 5 but it still says I need to get the ring to rank 5. Am I doing something wrong?
You need to unequip the ring in order to buy the shoulders. Admittedly, this was not made very clear by the devs, but that is the explanation
Unequip your Ring before making a trade! Sorry for the confusion folks! We'll try to make it clearer in the future.
This is correct. You are not meant to collect up all of fhe equipment. You are meant to level up and achieve the highest you can get of one piece.