head to head
vs
Age of Empires: OnlinevsDune 2000
Age of Empires: Online leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Dune 2000 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Age of Empires: OnlineDune 2000
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Dune 2000 leans harder on execution: Unit micro and build speed matter at competitive pace
Reads4 vs 3
Age of Empires: Online leans harder on reads: reading human opponents' strategies and timing
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 7
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.