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Star CitizenvsWorld of Warcraft

Star Citizen leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); World of Warcraft leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION6 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Star Citizen leans harder on execution: Demanding flight and FPS inputs

Reads3 vs 3

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Star Citizen leans harder on variance: Server instability and event RNG

Optimization8 vs 9

World of Warcraft leans harder on optimization: Gear, talents, and rotation are mathematically 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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