missed 7 months, pretty lost.

[Sephr]

Archer is pimp. Grab a Chocobo. Join the Immortal Flames. Make new not-dated gear by looking up new recipes. And use your old gear to grind XP on to turn into materia, which you can slot on your new not-dated gear.

Good luck, have fun.

This is totally irrelevant because you pretty much nailed the key things to do on returning (welcome back!), but what's your slightly creepy sig about out of interest?