If you're wanting to push it, you can snag the Steel Scale Mail stuff, but it'll come at a price and also you've gotta consider that at 35 you'll be wearing Heavy Mail (Bucket Head) stuff. Up to you if you want to upgrade, but it'll take a chunk out of your gil. I'd say pack on some vit things with your accessories but other than that it's pretty much just the luck of the draw. Sometimes even when you do all you can, it isn't enough. You'll come to know this when you hit Temple of Qarn and beyond, especially with the DF.