Removing AP is ... weird. I simply don't see the point.
I know people have been advocating for some kind of option that lets them restrict the FOTM heroes, but I honestly don't think it needs changing. Unless you are 6k +, you can pick RD and do just fine with a chance that your hated hero won't be there. All this does is fuck over the top tier of matchmaking, you need to spam FOTM and tryhard to reach 8k, nobody can claim to all heroes are balanced equal, much less all lineups and those guys also want to spam the heroes for practice for real matches. Now they really have nowhere to go, since practicing with the option that your chosen hero might not be available in 50%+ of your games is a waste of time. You might argue that you should get scrims running for REAL practice, but anybody who ever tried to organize something among 10 people knows that's a joke. I mean, why has the skill cap in Dota exploded over the past few years ? Ranked and tight matchmaking is definitely one of those reasons and letting everybody go full tryhard when they want to with the most broken heroes in the game is a part of that.