I think, doubt in choosing of armor or shield depends on the enemies strategic plan. If it started and selected crystal items, you would choose kinetic shield, and vice versa, coat of plates

Personally, I am not a huge fan of this build. I would replace the bone saw with tyrants monocle for mor power and a Brit build, or replace the tornado trigger with breaking point. All the same, it's a good starter build :)

Hmm, interesting. I didn't think WP was really that great with Alpha. Apparently not. Have you played her CP path? I always rush After Shock first. Then defense and broken myth. After that just get more defense. Occasionally i get a shatterglass if im fed. But you tend to die easily with shatterglass. But ill definitely try WP next game.

I would try this, it looks very promising