Age I>Age II
Take away Facebook and half of Age II will be unable to do anything.
Take away colonization and half of Age II will have half their troop count.
Take away no refuge and add in normal upkeep and most of Age II won't know where their army went. They also won't know how to farm.
Take away HCs and HHs and most of Age II won't know how to war without policies.
What about Age I?
Add hero limits and the players will simply have to wait.
Remove refuge and halve upkeep...well it simply won't be fair to Age II then 
Age I will certainly defeat Age II if they were forced to change. I'm not sure how a hybrid will work though.
"I am not a man of blood; God is my witness that, in all of my wars, I have never been the aggressor and that my enemies have been the author of their own calamity." -Timur
"There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others." -Niccolo Machiavelli
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