The examples sound like Participation trophies....Im more for perks for accomplishments or achievements for doing things like Winning a KOTH or leading a squad in scenario.
Not a bad point. Participation should be a chance to win extra perks through actual merit.
Top gun on each side - bonus perks.
Top drop (buff) on each side - bonus buff perks.
Top tank on each side - bonus vehicle perks.
Not sure about organizational responsibilities, though. I understand showing appreciation for those that volunteer to ram-rod at any level in the organized event but, as said, game vets don't usually sweat their perk levels and most of these volunteers are vets of the game. But hey, there's not really anything else to award (except free flying time, and .... this game needs financial support from this, unfortunately, smaller community).
Personally, I've always thought of events as a player's 'immersion' chance. The draw is 'playing WWII.' This is the closest thing someone can come to experiencing what our fathers/grandfathers/great-grandfathers experienced during the war. Sure, there's re-enactments, air show stuff and dog-fighting in planes that shoot lasers at each other (some of which offers you the *physical* aspect of what it must have been like) but scenario/events in AH is the whole enchilada when it comes to battle planning with an unknown outcome, flying your mission and hoping for that 5 minutes or so of 'white knuckle sweat to survive as well as achieve glory' type of online play that feels almost as if you went back in time and 'was there.'
If I gotta bribe kids to try that, they don't get it to begin with. Maybe us vets aren't inspiring the new guys.