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Star Wars: The Old RepublicvsThe Elder Scrolls Online

Star Wars: The Old Republic leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Elder Scrolls Online leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Star Wars: The Old RepublicThe Elder Scrolls Online

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads3 vs 3

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Star Wars: The Old Republic leans harder on variance: Gear drop RNG is present but secondary to ability knowledge

Optimization7 vs 7

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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