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New World: AeternumvsTERA

New World: Aeternum leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); TERA leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

TERA leans harder on execution: Action combat with skill shots and iframe dodges is the core axis

Reads4 vs 3

New World: Aeternum leans harder on reads: Open-world PvP wars and outpost rush involve adaptive opponents

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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