head to head
vs
New World: AeternumvsWarhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade
New World: Aeternum leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
New World: AeternumWarhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads4 vs 4
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
New World: Aeternum leans harder on variance: Gear drops add variance but crafting reduces reliance on RNG
Optimization6 vs 4
New World: Aeternum leans harder on optimization: Weapon mastery and territory control strategies are systematically solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.