I understand your anger. But I salvage ascended rings to get “Ball of Dark Energy” for my ascended back. I think ascended armor has a high value and should therefore cost an significant amount. In my guild people used currently 7-40 rings to get the ball. Accordingly, it would be a drop rate between 2.5 and about 15 percent. I think thats ok. Four gold loss is not so much, considering what we sometimes throw in the forge. And don’t forget you build an ascended armor piece.