Two Handed Weaponry frustrations

[Mr Frost]

And religious fanatics, both the Crusade and Jihad units.

How so ?
The one time I've opted to use them for other than a garrison force they performed supprisingly well . It was my seige assault of Antioch . there were only two Saracen Infantry units {full , I only waited one turn to build Towers , ladders and a Ram} guarding the city and I didn't want to lose any of my real combat troops so I put some of my force facing on one side gate with the two Religous fanatics I had hired manning towers .
I had hoped the AI would leave one unit in the "Town" Square {the name tickles me when it is in a titanic city} and the second would take the bait and face the Flanking force when it advanced . They did so whilst they fought my Fanatics , I took the Front gate and entered the city in force and rushed to the square with dismounted Crusader Knights in the Van and Mounted ones Flanking as I expected the Fanatics to lose their fight {such low defense and the defenders bonus against them} and wanted to hit the Saracens as hard as possible to break them fast {remember , I didn't want to lose good troops} .
Well I needn't have worried , the Fanatics destroyed the unit on the walls then as the second unit attacked them in their pursuit of the survivors they broke it too and had about half their number left .
Not bad given I had though they were just throw-away fodder troops .




Edit : I should add , for Religous fanatics , the slowness of attacks and inpotance against cavalry actually makes sense , I still think they performed well in custom battles and Campaign given what sort of troops they represent .