I never ever played an AP. I have no idea if it is hard, but I see very FEW successful AP's in the game. And no, I do not plan to play an AP in foreseeble future. So this is a pure althruism in this idea. I do not like to see a cool characters deleting after losing their weapon. Though, as mentioned below, "high rewards = high price", I think they deserve at least a chance to retrieve something that they have invested 100-200-300 hours of their REAL lives.