How do you get 565 perception for level 60 mining quest

[Kith]

On my server it would have cost me about 2 million gil to purchase the HQ gear necessary to get perception up past 565.

Lucky me -- HQ Adamantite Ore only costs 18k each ... you go figure out which way Square Enix is teaching folks to complete a quest.

The level 50 quest was waaaaay simpler to do with level 47-49 gear. You didn't need the Miner HQ gear set to complete it.

[I have some extremely nice friends on my server who are master crafters who provided me with the Adamantite ore AND much better gear this morning ... with perception just at 565 + perception food I managed to get three HQ Adamantite off the first attempt on the node. The End-Game should begin after the level 60 quest, not during ... Just saying].

Well firstly, why shouldn't it be hard, its a quest to prove your a master of your craft? Secondly, if you are going to complain about a system in the game, you should at least do your research before making the judgement. A fullset of Trailblazer gear will get you to 247g 220p, add a vendor-bought Adamantite Dolabra and Sledgehammer and you're up to 524g 494p, buy a NQ Dragonskin Belt (+25p) from the marketboard (or find a crafter friend) which i'd be shocked is massively expensive on most servers for the NQ version. This brings you up to 524g 519p.

Not quite enough, but you have multiple choices that use food and either minor melding, or an upgrade or two to break the cap - none of which I think constitutes end-game or any particular level of difficulty and it certainly does not require buying a fullset of 60 gear.

Example path: Buy an Adamantite Sledgehammer HQ, brings you up to 537g 542p, add a NQ Dhalmel Fricasse (+10g29p) and you are at 547g 571p.

Sure, an Adamantite Sledgehammer may cost a 100k+ but you can already mine the Adamantite Ore which you can sell to afford the funds. Also the quests have been giving you materia as you levelled if you want to go the melding route as well. All in all, yes its not 'easy' but its not a massive request and you _ARE_ going to need this gear to do end-game gathering anyhow so why not get a piece or two earlier on?