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EVE: Dust 514vsPaladins
EVE: Dust 514 leans Execution (Grand Arena); Paladins leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
EVE: Dust 514Paladins
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads6 vs 6
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
EVE: Dust 514 leans harder on optimization: Fitting builds and skill-point economy reward spreadsheet play
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.