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Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Star Wars: The Old Republic leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Star Wars: The Old Republic leans harder on execution: Operation combat has moderate GCD management and positional demands

Reads4 vs 3

Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard leans harder on reads: Multiplayer skirmish rewards scouting human build choices

Variance3 vs 3

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.

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