3. This is 1v1, but bact beat chris koreans with mayans on a closed map clearing like BF. There are changes which I have made specifically to keep koreans celts for example from being OP post imp. Can you acknowledge that?
clearing is WAY more open than bf ... in real bf you would not stand a chance with mayans vs kor (no matter AOC or balance patch). As is said earlier: all the BOP maps are too open to let late-imp civs shine (like they would shine in bf or as pocket in TG's on bf/arena/rf/yuca/oasis/ect)
edit: i think your changes to kor and celts make the late game balance better, but for koreans: i liked that for beeing so weak in the early game the became OP in the late game ... as i said in my previos post: i think to balance the civs you have to make them more alike (for example reducing the boni that make them op) and i prefere the civs to be different (and i accept the imbalance coming with that)