I was wondering if anyone else finds the lance attacks of cavalry to be too strong. As it is in my game, cavalry types wielding the kontos, xyston, or similar type underhand lances or spears seem to fare much better then cavalry using a melee weapon such as a sword or axe or those with overhand spears.

I decided to look up the unit stats to find out why that might be. The typical lance wielding unit has a low attack, id say on average a 3 or 4. Their secondaries are usually around a 9 depending on the weapon. However, all underhand lances have the AP attribute as well as having a lethality rating of 0.3 at least the highest of any melee weapon in the game AFAIK. What I've noticed is that units such as Hetairoi or Brihentin shouldn't even bother switching to their secondaries.

Take for example Hetairoi who have lance attack of 5 with AP and lethality 0.38!!!!!. Their secondary cavalry sword has an 11 attack with AP but lethality of only 0.11. Or how about Brihentin. Their lance attack is a 4 but is AP and has lethality of 0.33. Their secondary should be the deadly celtic longsword which sadly has a 9 attack with no AP and lethality of .225. Now I understand that lethalities for the weapons are standard depending on weapon type. However, I feel as if the secondary attack ratings should be raised in order to justify cavalry switching to them after engaging in melee. It doesn't make sense for a cavalry man to sit in melee with a long, unwieldly pole without a fraction of the range of movement he would have if he were to drop it and pull out his sword, axe, or mace. This is doubly important for overhand spear cavalry who have no AP spear and as such, seem more or less useless against infantry and lance cavalry. Sure some have secondary AP weapons but again, their lethalities are low compared to lances. For sake of comparison, the Eastern Medium Cavalry has an overhand spear attack of 8 with lethality of 0.15 and no AP. They are useless on the charge and mostly so in melee with the spear. Their secondary is somewhat better as their axe has a 7 attack with AP and 0.165 lethality. Still impotent against lance cavalry in a standstill melee.

Note I am not talking about the charge, only about their performance in melee after said charge.