I am using Mace a lot more now when I play for fun. I just love their LOS for non-ranged units, especially for the villagers. Their vills can find optimum dock locations for fishing, sweet spots, and find the enemy without being noticed. However, I still think Minoan has a superior bronze than Mace. I rate the following civs based on their bronze.
1). Hittite-no doubt this all around powerhouse dominates bronze with double HP ST's and +1 attack CA's
2). Minoan is a close second....long range comps are just simply devastating
3). Mace is my choice for third....bullet-proof hoppers, comps and half-price ST's
Mace vs Minoan 1v1 on water maps....you should expect Minoan to win, although not easy if Mace has a good economy. Minoan simply has too many advantages to go with on a water map. They will out boom Mace with cheap fishing boats and they have a better economy since they get the wheel and better farming. If Mace can build academies close to a Minoan's town before he has researched comps, then its over for Minoan, but Minoan will put up a nasty fight with their superior economy. Odds are Minoan will win more times than Mace. In Iron, their is no contest as Minoan will wipe out Mace with cats/helos.
For non-water maps like hill country or even highland, I would say Mace would win more than Minoan. I use Mace a lot on hill country and its really nice to have that +2 LOS for their vills. They find tons of food where the Minoan might miss, and since Minoan loses its greatest economy bonus, cheap fishing boats, the only edge it has is having the wheel and I wouldn't consider that a determining factor in bronze.
In any case, Mace needs home protection since their vills can't simply run away from attacks. They need comps, ST's, and hoppers stationed around farmers, gold miners, and woodcutters. If you can fend off invasions and concentrate on using your units close to the enemies base, then Mace has a great chance of winning against any civ in bronze.
If I were Mace vs Minoan, 1v1, on any map, I would try and take out Minoan in Tool. Mace has a superior Tool.
-WarLust