I suppose you always play VH/VH?
Then the last thing you have to complain about is unit balance, because you are unbalancing them yourself!
VH battles gives AI 7 more defence and 7 more morale points.
With those advantages you'd have to unbalance cavalry very heavily to make charges effective.
And since in EB melee with cavalry is very deadly for your cavalry only (as it was back then too, without stirrups), VH battles just won't work!
Play on VH/M and start complaining then.
If you do then I'll tell you you're using your cavalry wrong and tell you to read this thread :
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=103172
good day.
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