It doesn't sound crazy at all, I've heard mostly good things about First Step. In fact, I have it myself... yet I can give you no real insight as to how well it works since I'm not running all those crazy scripts that let you view acceleration values and whatnot.
I'd personally like to get a Quick Cut piece too but it's too late into my guy's career for that now. If I went for three AEQ pieces on my next C I'd probably shoot for Quick Cut + First Step + a Line General piece or a Hold Block% one. That'd give me a lot of room to "settle" on "lesser" pieces if I overshoot my shopping allotment too, like using AEQ on Get Low, Foundation, a second FS/QC piece...