I akin playing AH to owning a boat. There is frustration (not landing your kills), envy (someone else shoots down all three bombers w/o a scratch while your engine gets smoked) & coveting (everyone with more perks than you) in both; not to mention that both are a hole into which money and time are poured.

Neither is likely get you a promotion at your job, give you the body of Adonis, or help you meet someone you can take home to meet mother; but both sure are
FUN
to do. Now go have fun & stop worrying about scorepadding.
Skadoosh