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PlanetSide 2vsTERA

PlanetSide 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); TERA leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
PlanetSide 2TERA

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

PlanetSide 2 leans harder on reads: Human enemies adapt, diluted across hundreds

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

TERA leans harder on optimization: Class rotations and gear progression paths are extensively community-solved

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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