You have to be online and must have been in country for at least 12 hours to recieve the perk points for "winning" the reset.
Personally I think the rewards are too low, and IMFO there should be an award for the country that causes the reset irregardless of the # of bases held. And it's not necessary to give the same number of points in each catagorey if it becomes a balance issue.
Country with the most bases gets x fighter, y buff, and z vehicle points (values based on balance needs).
If another country causes the reset they get 1/2x, 1/2y, and 1/2z for perk points.
I think this would prevent a situation like the rooks were in a couple of nights ago. Down to 2 fields and when a hanger came up you either had 15second to get in the air before a waiting Lancaster flattened your hangers; or you had to try to launch amid 20+ vulchers looking to point yer arse. It was reported that the bishops were hunting knight goons to prevent the knights causing a reset. There were also some knights who straffed thier own troops after thier goon driver had dropped them, thus preventing the reset.
Obviosly the bishops wanted to try and buy time to they could get the perk points for the reset. Having a reward for causing the reset, even if your country isn't the one with the most bases, would help in preventing this (and we'd see goon races to the last base

).
Ain't no fun when ya gotta ride the tower for 45minutes hoping an industrious goon/M3 driver can sneak through.