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Dragon Nest leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Salt and Sanctuary leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Dragon NestSalt and Sanctuary

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads3 vs 2

Dragon Nest leans harder on reads: PvP arenas add human prediction atop scripted dungeons

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Salt and Sanctuary leans harder on optimization: Skill tree builds and gear routing

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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