First piece of Soldiery gear

[Alazier]

What do you think it should be for tanks? Got 900 to spend. Im undecided

[baopee]

most of tanks i have seen, they all traded the chest piece first

[slipmac]

when i get home im getting body first

[TwoEggs]

Body then legs your 2 most costly.. then head hands feet.. then accesories.. thats my order for my Whm.. got body this week and in two more weeks ill do legs then every week after it will be 1 piece a week until complete

[NorthernLadMSP]

when i get home im getting body first

Same here. Body first. Probably best for stats, and most visually impactful too.

[Nabian]

Most players get the body piece purely for cosmetic reasons. IMO the best upgrade would be one that gives the largest boost to your most vital secondary stat. For warriors this will likely be the pants.

For paladins this may be problematic because much of their accuracy is on their pants and the new sol pants do not have accuracy, and you may want to consider the body or other upgrades. The new tank body comes with 26 acc (29 when you upgrade it) and will help to offset the acc loss when you change out your pants. Anecdotal reports (and preliminary data) suggest that the acc cap for Coil 2 is somewhere between 491-500. Therefore it is important to keep your acc as high as possible while maximizing parry during your upgrade process.

For this reason it may be more beneficial to get some of the accessories first (375 sol ea). Two accessories will give +6 vit approximately the same as if you purchased the pants or the body. The downside to this is that you don't get the str gains you would see from purchasing the bigger piece, however many of the sol accessories have accuracy. The weather ring and bracelet give 17 acc each (not to mention the noct ring is BiS).

Overall I think the best solution would be to develop a preliminary best in slot list. One that places your accuracy around 493 and maximizes your parry, and focus on getting to accuracy cap first and the rest second. I have been working on a best in slot list for warrior in another thread feel free to take a look:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-Slot-Post-2.2

Also you may want to start following the thread regarding accuracy data in Coil 2:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...28Turns-6-9%29

TLDR; It depends on the job and what your goal is. Go with what gives the biggest increase to your secondary stat.

PS....TO HELL WITH THIS 1000 CHAR LIMIT

[Illya]

Body first for the VIT boost. It's also BiS for both tank jobs.

[ZodiacSoldier]

Going for Body, Legs and Belt at the first 3 pieces I get for my tank, not sure what I'm going to go for after that since the other "tank" gear have DPS stats.

[Dano]

get the shield, it doesn't need unidentify allagan tomestone, and when you win turn 7 with oil drop then wala, you get an i110 weapon in the first 2 weeks of ver 2.3

[TrivariumOri]

I got the shield first then I got the ring, but I got a t6 drop so I'm trying to farm king mog ex for the neck piece and start working on the weapon or body next. I've been lucky enough to get loot so I can take my time on gearing my paladin more effectively. If you don't raid, the body or the shield would be your best bet, then possibly the pants or ring.