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Mostly, although Alliance Points are often given out in the Daily Rewards (with the rank xp given to the char that claims it) and there is an introductory quest line with no PvP that will take you to level 3 in both here.
If you really want to augment ap just carry wall/door repair kits as you run. If you end up as a rando iin a zerg taking or defending you get an ap tick. then you help repair anything more ap. also always do one delve in cyro before you start you get a great buff.
also not sure if you are new but if you can take a public dungeon boss you can probably take an undefended(by players) resource which is great ap but, also not that easy if you are new.
i have my main house (grand topal hideaway) listed in the housing tours, it has multiple target dummies, scribing altar, and grandmaster stations (in progress being filled out), as well as almost every antiquity furnishing on display to preview them