Quote Originally Posted by Lambdafish View Post
antiquated gear from level 70 job quest is the best gear right now that you can take into the fight.
That's not entirely correct - the best gear is the i300 gear from the final dungeon.

That aside, it is likely that you as new player cannot actually get "any" better gear than that to the fight, only players who beat it will be able, because the tome vendors are locked behind it, as are the new dungeons and, most likely, any "new content" they put up will be as well, whatever it might be. The only likely option is going to be crafted gear, if the trend of HW continues.