The other way came with yesterday’s expansion: everybody who buys the Chains of Eternity expansion gets two “baubles” per account. A bauble can be used by a level 90 character and immediately bump you up to 280 AA. That is probably not the most elegant solution. There probably were people who didn’t like that it feels a bit like “sign up for your max level character here”. I personally don’t mind too much, strangely enough, even though I probably would feel weird if the expansion perk was “roll a new character, and instantly get to level 90 _and_ 280 AA”. One of the reasons I don’t dislike the bauble too much is that I can’t think of a better and less invasive solution right now, though. If you wanted to make sure that everyone ended up with 280 AA at level 90, you would have to redo the whole system of how AA are earned and link them closer to adventuring levels. But EQ2 had more than its share of disruptive changes to game mechanics, and I’d rather not see another one on that scale, to be honest. Personally, I decided that I won’t use a bauble on my swashbuckler, because I’m close enough to the 280 border right now (maybe another week or two of light playing, tops) that it feels like a waste.