Lance attacks too strong?

[antisocialmunky]

Lance usually beats swords or matches them in cav vs cav. That's my experience. The Lance has some strange and magical properties... Of course leaving any heavy cav in melee is uneconomical so meh.

BTW - I calculated the force for an inelastic collision between a large horse + rider. Its about the same force as a small-medium car(depending on weight) hitting you except all the force is concentrated on a 1 inch by 1 inch surface. And it would probably kill the first 2-3 guys even if it was just glancing blow and seriously mess up the the next 4 in line before all the energy gets spent. Keep in mind that this is for knights, not EB era stuff though heavy cataphracts could probably do something similar.

Something about 1/2 as bad as this vs unbraced infantry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b5Q...eature=related

Imagine the light pole being several guys with spears braced against the ground.