Both are achievable in game, so they really don't need to add more ways to implement them.

The ALC piece is meant for people to make themselves actually look like an alchemist and not be anything else. It's no different from the job specific gear, but SE screwed up with the Chinese players.

It's easy to get Field Commander's Jacket. Everyone runs Seal Rock, because there is a roulette to comes back to it every third day. People no longer mass queue shatter alone.