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Legend of Ymir cover artvsTom Clancy's The Division cover art

Legend of YmirvsTom Clancy's The Division

Legend of Ymir leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Tom Clancy's The Division leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Legend of YmirTom Clancy's The Division

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads3 vs 3

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

Tom Clancy's The Division leans harder on variance: Loot rolls gate power; drops are dice

Optimization7 vs 8

Tom Clancy's The Division leans harder on optimization: Gear builds, talents, and DPS math dominate endgame

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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Legend of Ymir

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Tom Clancy's The Division