I feel like the Aztecs are currently almost unwinable due to UHV1:
I managed to be so lucky as not to get hit by the plague before 1520 (first big problem), but:
In 1510:
- Guangzhou has size 18, another Chinese city has 16, Edo and Constantinople also have 16, London 15.
at best I manage to hit 16 around 1510-1515, so those cities would be either of the same size or 1 bigger than me.
China manages to survive rather long vs Mongolia on Paragon which is a problem admittedly, but also Japan, England and Konstantinople (whoever has it by then) can be of a size you cant reach by 1520 :/
so basically I need a combination of several lucky factors: China falling to the Mongols, me not getting hit by the plague, Ottomans struggling to conquer Constantinople and England either settling stupid cities to slow its growth or getting hit by the plague before me. Oh yeah and Japan...well