What are you spending your Poetics on first?

[Synestr]

I think I have decided on Shield first. I am a big supporter of the Noct Hoplon and will miss it, but the Ironworks seems just to good to pass up. But my insides are telling me to save up for The chest....

/sigh...decisions decisions

Input...advice? Shield or body?

[Marukoban]

I think I have decided on Shield first. I am a big supporter of the Noct Hoplon and will miss it, but the Ironworks seems just to good to pass up. But my insides are telling me to save up for The chest....

/sigh...decisions decisions

Input...advice? Shield or body?

Honestly if you are not doing FCoB right now, it won't matter much which one you get first.
Go for the one you like best aesthetically.
Having said that, I think Chest > Shield simply because it has more Str and Vit
Not to mention for Shield it's only a jump of 5 ilvl if you have HA or Nexus, whereas for Body you get 10 ilvl worth of stats.