I find it kinda funny that so many people (not everyone, but a lot) are neglecting the fact that you can buy the shield straight away. My main class is MNK, and I got a ring for that first week, but this week I went ahead and got the shield. It has good stats, and looks awesome. 99.9% of the playerbase AROUND THE WORLD is buying their chest piece first, so I wanted to be different lol.