I'm interested in what comes before gearing with soldiery. I'm a new tank to FFXIV - it's my first 50 class and will be my main. As soon as I hit 50 I did what everyone seems to recommend - hunted til I got myth gear then grabbed my zenith relic (although I now have first coil chest, legs and belt). However, in doing that I still have an i49 ring - is it more important for me to get a soldiery ring or my weapon? I just need to get a UAT from ST to get that as I don't want to atma grind. Is there an alternative ring I could be using before going through the soldiery progression?

I have about 1000 soldiery, so I could likely grind out enough to get the weapon and a ring which would solve the unique problem, but would out me further from getting the lorica etc.

Any suggestions?