Quote Originally Posted by R'as al Ghul
- Pikes actually can withstand a charge (when charged, not when clicked behind).
I think the shield bug will almost certainly be fixed in the patch, but the consequence of click behind is probably much harder to address. Unfortunately, you can't stop players from using the click behind once they learn about it.

I would say that cancellation of some of the cav charge is necessary for spears to perform well. In RTW v1.5, phalanx actually reverses the cav's charge bonus and it gets used against the cav itself, but that ability isn't given to spears as far as I can tell.