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Aion cover artvsNew World: Aeternum cover art

AionvsNew World: Aeternum

Aion leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); New World: Aeternum leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
AionNew World: Aeternum

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

New World: Aeternum leans harder on execution: Active dodge-block-aim combat demands real twitch skill

Reads5 vs 4

Aion leans harder on reads: Rifting and Abyss PvP feature real adaptive opponents

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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.

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