Talk:Lingering Dragoncrest Ring (Dark Souls II)/@comment-203.186.157.114-20150402062202/@comment-4511886-20150402065816

They don't. Using the +1 is a minor loss compared to all the work to get the +2.

Chances are that you either A) farmed for the ring with a friend (which isn't really worth it) or B) you're good enough to not need it anyway. So either way, the +2 is pretty overkill in most cases.