head to head
vs
Sea of ThievesvsTeam Fortress 2
Sea of Thieves leans Reads (Competitive PvP); Team Fortress 2 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Sea of ThievesTeam Fortress 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Team Fortress 2 leans harder on execution: Projectile aim and rocket jumps reward hands
Reads7 vs 7
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 3
Sea of Thieves leans harder on variance: Server encounters, weather, loot vary
Optimization5 vs 5
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.