I'd rather have it thanks to lifeskilling, as it was supposed to be at start with Kermes insects.

Yeah, for free, but we ought to work for it.

New Treasure item:

Mervs Neverending Color Palette

With it you basically have Mervs Palette, every1 will grind for it 10000%

You could get it the same way you have to farm for compass! At least you'd deserve it! :p

while we are at it, fashion coupons should be available for loyalties or free, thats one of the key reasons having many outfits suck, without u being able to socket them with stats u want and having to pay even more money to greedy devs. 

I would also prefer it to be tied to lifeskilling, but would probably be pretty unlikely at this point considering they instead decided to paywall it behind a subscription. That's a pretty extreme stance compared to most MMOs...

On the other hand:

This is an exceptional idea - both easy for them to implement and difficult for us to obtain, thus still incentivizing people to access it through the sub. Would be a win-win for everyone :)

+1

Well, the people that view lifeskilling as a completely unfun waste of electricity would raise their cries to the sky if Merv's would be tied to any lifeskilling activity at all. So, as a treasure item, you'd want to have it at least available from any activity, but - as opposed to Jetina's accesories - a 2x faster progression rate for lifeskiller.

Set it as exchange option for some of the pathetically unrewarding tokens (like the Seals of Undying). In Patrigio's night offers, for Imperial Delivery Seals, etc. Although, to be honest, with the crystal presets, this is less of an issue, as you only need a BSC to punch a hole in a new outfit.

Both are great ideas, though. 

It's a F2P game, they gotta earn money for their food somehow, and selling cosmetic features is common in similar games in the industry.

F2P players will always complain to have for free what others paid for.

I don't see the problem to pay PA in order to maintain the servers and the game.