I think you’re the one missing the point. Gold can be gathered literally everywhere. WQs already have gold rewards, emissaries already have gold rewards. If you need more of it, you can always roll another toon to further double-dip on the rewards that are already in place. Gold (and profession reagents) have so little value at this point in the game that theyre not even worth going after, since they come to you without even going out of your way. AP also comes to you without having to go out of your way, but at least AP provides a tangible increase to your characters power that cant be made up by anything else. Theres no reason at all to eliminate AP just to double down on more gold thats already offered as a reward in the first place.