head to head
vs
Elite DangerousvsV Rising
Elite Dangerous leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); V Rising leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Elite DangerousV Rising
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 4
V Rising leans harder on reads: PvP servers reward reading raids
Variance3 vs 2
Elite Dangerous leans harder on variance: Procedural galaxy, mission variance
Optimization8 vs 8
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.