Thoughts on ring & evo shield changes in S18?

Honestly this whole thing sounds disastrous. While I agree no one should be able to rat their way to masters, I don't think changing the ring should have been the option to fix this. 

The problem came from their overly generous ranked system. The devs need to stop messing with the damn ring and fix the mess of a rank system they made. 

As for the Evo shield changes? I don't like it one bit. Better shields were already hard to find without taking them off of someone's body and not being the best player, upgrading mine through combat had been difficult to say the least. 

I see this making replicators more sought after in game, leading to not only being rolled up on by another team while crafting, but third partied, and even subjected to having the replicators being camped by other players waiting to get a jump on armorless victims. 

I have no hope for this season 18. The more I hear, the less I intend to play.