Yep Swoosh - I remember that into mtw 1 i was angry when my elite cavarly could not break typical spearmen.
Especially after reading about polish husaria destroying 5 times bigger pikemen units.
Artillery couldn't move and it was ok for you? Sieges into mtw 1 were stupid mostly because you could not move cannons.
And sorry but practically every eastern european horse archer could shot when running or attacking. It was normal here and it was classical tactic used by Mongols, Poles and Russians.

MTW 1 was better to multi because was more stable. But into MTW 2 on latest rules gameplay is really good again.
12500, max 8 cav and 4 ha really let us play skirmish. And situation when cavarly hit infantry and kill 50% of men only with charge is ok cause (for 12500 you can buy so many infantrymen) rest is enough to kill cav.

All in all - stop yelling start playing.