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Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara cover artvsElite Dangerous cover art

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Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Elite Dangerous leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

Elite Dangerous leans harder on reads: Light PvP reads, mostly PvE

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 8

Elite Dangerous leans harder on optimization: Ship build, trade routes, engineering grind

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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