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Dune: Awakening leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Guild Wars 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads5 vs 4

Dune: Awakening leans harder on reads: Deep Desert open-world PvP features real adaptive opponents

Variance4 vs 3

Dune: Awakening leans harder on variance: Resource node spawns and sandstorm timing create meaningful hidden variance

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.

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