People are still playing for score??
And someone really reads the AH front page every month to see who gamed the system like it matters??
Most of that died off after SHawk stopped putting himself on the front page every month for years. Numbers in this game are more mental effort than your average player wants to deal with. And the things you have to do to get on the front page are only interesting to a tiny percentage of the players with time on their hands.
What's in it for me, and greed, is how you sell everything on this planet. We ain't getting any younger, and our new players are millennials. In the gaming world they operate by: What's in it for me, and greed.
Make doing something worth it "now" for them, and they will climb over your cold dead body getting there.
If you fly a P40C and land 3 kills you will get 50 points.
A 262 right now is worth 200 points.
A 163 right now is worth 100 points.
A F4u-4 right now is worth 36 points.
A Tempest right now is worth 35 points.
No different than the Flying Tigers and their contracts in WW2.
Numbers as an abstract cannot be used to shame any single player in the MA as a measure of their game manhood related to the score because we all know how it can be gamed. The kills landed message affirms a player but, really cannot be used to shame anyone's performance. It does act as a filter to highlight talented players. Including perk points in the score to create a leveling visa ride choice introduces the ability to shame players at any moment for not being a real man. Then you introduce the fertile ground unintended consequences of ch200 and PM bullying.
So Vinkman if it will affirm you for all of your unsung personal effort in dog rides:
All salute Vinkman the Master of Aces High Dog Rides!!
