Quote Originally Posted by screwtype
Yeah, that could be a problem, but the solution was to have a unit of Yari cav of your own to deal with those pesky horsemen.

You're right it could be annoying, but since it's something that could be avoided with proper preparation, I don't see that it was such a big deal. To me, the occasional mismatch of armies just added to variety and the imponderables of battle, but it's different strokes for different folks I guess.

I'm not sure if its my writing or your reading, but I am talking about my (usually) winded cavalry chasing winded AI cav round and round the map edges. It is not something that can be "avoided with proper preparation" (although it can be dealt with in the battle with a blocking force to cause the AI cav to slow and be caught of course).