The hardest thing about coming back right now, is finding people to do ***with, no lie. I hope that you have friends who still play, or a shell that stayed in tact... If not, you have a difficult road. You need to unlock and level RUN to 49. If you have Thaumas body, you're good for that part for now. Unlock Victory Smite, if you have not.
Magian Moogle > Dumuzis -1 (Hand-to-hand)
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In order to proceed from this point onwards, you must have completed the Voidwatch quest Guardian of the Void.
Take the final weapon to Walk of Echoes, and with the weapon equipped, talk to the ??? glowing on the floor to the far north.
After completing your first Kupofried's Moogle Magic quest, you no longer need to equip a weapon to flag another WoE Weapon Skill quest. They can be flagged on any job with no equipment requirements at this point.
Kupofried appears and offers you a choice of which weapon skill quest to flag. Select one, then trade that weapon to the glowing ??? to unlock that Empyrean weapon skill and complete that weapon skill quest.
You must zone out of Walk of Echoes for the new weapon skill to be listed in the weapon skill menu list.
Identify people who do things. (hopefully successfully). You want to obtain the KI from Kamhir Delve. This will allow you to purchase a weapon called Tinhaspa. And the 3m gil to augment this with Path B (correct me if wrong).
http://www.bg-wiki.com/index.php/Delve_II_Rewards#Mezzotinting
That is a feat all it's own... Honestly the hardest part will be getting the Delve wins you need to make progress. Obtain relic/Artifact 109/119 (reforging)
http://www.bg-wiki.com/index.php/Reforge_Armor.
Right now, you want to focus on AF Feet, Relic legs.
Another thing you need to do is Skirmish. Yorcia.
http://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Category:Skirmish Obtain "Otronif" 5/5. It's similar to a tower defense, easy... but hard to find people to help you do it.
Take a look at the iipunch guide, here, (ignore the ***, there's ALOT.) for clues on gear sets.
http://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/36705/iipunch-monk-guide/
In your time between looking for Skimish, KI from Kamhir. Do RoE for sparks, (I think you know what this is) for REM papers. To reforge. And do Kamhir/Marjami Wildkeeper shouts. The 115 legs/head are good pieces to come back with. The Uk cap especially.
After you've got that baseline stuff. If you don't have a shell. FIND ONE. Progression based via shout is enough to make you immediately quit again. It's the state the game is in.