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Guild Wars 2 cover artvsThe Division 2 cover art

Guild Wars 2vsThe Division 2

Guild Wars 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Division 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Guild Wars 2The Division 2

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads4 vs 4

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

The Division 2 leans harder on variance: Named item drops and talent rolls add meaningful RNG

Optimization7 vs 7

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.

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Guild Wars 2

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The Division 2