head to head
vs
Mount & BladevsPhantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis
Mount & Blade leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Mount & BladePhantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis leans harder on execution: Perfect attacks, dodge timing, and weapon action cancels define DPS
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 4
Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis leans harder on variance: Augment fodder and multi-weapon RNG are core progression hooks
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.