First off, I'd like to say first that I'm really mostly interested in the old content, due to a friend that is fed up with Adoulin and will only help me with the expansions prior.

I'm currently a lvl 65 WHM, and I have up to lvl 70 unlocked. While I intend to main WHM, I've played around with some other jobs and have them up to subbable levels for now, particularly RDM at 49 and BLM at 45 (I'll work those last few in eventually).

What I'd like to know is what could I expect my role to be in supporting my friend, who is a Dark Knight? I know that job in previous FFs had relied on HP a lot, and I'm assuming it's not much different here.

At the moment I'm just getting started, really. We've tackled my AF gear, and I'm up to mission 5-2 for Bastok. He's on break with FFXIV, so I'm guessing I'll have plenty of time to prepare gear and spell-wise. I just need to know what I need to tackle first.

I've tried to keep my skills up, but I'm guessing I'll need to max out at 70 to fight Maat. Spells-wise I'm missing mostly the spells from 61 up (with Raise II and Reraise II and Cura being the exceptions). Aside from AF gear I'm pretty outdated. A friend got me a Red Cape +1, a Rainbow Cape, a Penitent's Rope, and Blessed Mitts so I guess I'm sort of covered there. Some other high lvls that helped me got me a Dark Staff and a Light Staff. So I guess that leaves the earring, ring, and neck slots (sub, ranged, and ammo, too?).

I kinda just need a direction to go on that I might could solo or at least reasonably acquire help for (I know everything's in Adoulin these days...)