You can gear up by doing a few things:
1) The Clan Centurio Hunts from the Forgotten Knight in Foundation/Ishgard.
Accept all 3 bills, plus the weekly bill. Use an online guide to locate the creatures on the bills. Kill the creatures, get Centurio points, spend Centurio points on gear from the person next to the Mender inside the Forgotten Knight. Do the daily Centurio hunts every day if you can. You might need some help for the weekly hunt. The weekly hunt resets on Tuesdays, along with everything else.
That'll net you ilvl 210 gear. Remember you can't equip 2 of the same ring. Maybe buy a 230 ring using Lore tomestones.
With the exception of the weekly hunt, this is all doable by yourself.
2) If you haven't gotten your Padjali weapon through Palace of the Dead, you might want to do that. Just run Palace of the Dead a bunch with any class, reach +30/+30, and finish level 50. That'll let you get a ilvl235 weapon for whatever class you want.