head to head
vs
Battlefield 1vsSea of Thieves
Battlefield 1 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Sea of Thieves leans Reads (Competitive PvP).
Battlefield 1Sea of Thieves
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Battlefield 1 leans harder on execution: Bolt-actions reward steady aim and timing
Reads6 vs 7
Sea of Thieves leans harder on reads: PvP ship fights are pure mind games
Variance3 vs 5
Sea of Thieves leans harder on variance: Server encounters, weather, loot vary
Optimization5 vs 5
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.