head to head
vs
Guild Wars 2vsHogs of War
Guild Wars 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Hogs of War leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Guild Wars 2Hogs of War
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Guild Wars 2 leans harder on execution: Dodge timing and active combat define moment-to-moment play
Reads4 vs 4
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Guild Wars 2 leans harder on optimization: Build crafting and rotation theory-crafting reward deep analysis
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.