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Guild Wars leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Star Wars Galaxies leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

Guild Wars leans harder on execution: Interrupt timing and kiting in skirmishes

Reads5 vs 4

Guild Wars leans harder on reads: GvG and arena metagame against adapting humans

Variance2 vs 3

Star Wars Galaxies leans harder on variance: Crafting experimentation rolls added meaningful hidden variance

Optimization8 vs 9

Star Wars Galaxies leans harder on optimization: Profession template planning and resource quality optimisation are legendarily deep

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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