head to head
vs
HighfleetvsMount & Blade: Warband
Highfleet leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Mount & Blade: Warband leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
HighfleetMount & Blade: Warband
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Highfleet leans harder on execution: Manual thruster-and-cannon ship duels
Reads1 vs 2
Mount & Blade: Warband leans harder on reads: Multiplayer melee involves human feint-reading
Variance5 vs 3
Highfleet leans harder on variance: Radio intercepts and hidden enemy fleet positions
Optimization8 vs 8
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.