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EVE OnlinevsOffworld Trading Company
EVE Online leans Optimization (Mind & Math); Offworld Trading Company leans Optimization (Mind & Math).
EVE OnlineOffworld Trading Company
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 2
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads7 vs 6
EVE Online leans harder on reads: Player corporations and fleet FC decisions involve deep human prediction
Variance4 vs 3
EVE Online leans harder on variance: Market prices and intel gaps are meaningful hidden information
Optimization9 vs 8
EVE Online leans harder on optimization: Industry chains, fleet doctrines, and trade routes are deeply solvable systems
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.