Roman cavalry Lance couldn't hit a wild deer.

[gameboy]

But the problem still exists.

[Stan`]

Then I'm sorry my friend but it's not likely it's going to be fixed in a near future. For now this :

This has been the case for alpha 18 too, if not even way more releases.

The idea behind spear cavalry is (see unit stats), that it can attack only every 3.5 seconds. After one hit, it just waits. It's the same if you attack enemies.

is the intended behaviour, and while it might look silly, that's how it works.

Edited September 26, 2015 by stanislas69

[gameboy]

Can you tell me how to change the cavalry attack section of the Roman spear it, my friend.

In what file to change it?

[Stan`]

The file you look for is template_unit_cavalry_melee_spearman.xml see the 3500

[gameboy]

Modify this file seems to have what to use! I really hope that the Itms can solve this problem as soon as possible.

[av93]

Long ago, sword and spear cav had diferent purpouses: the first agaisnt support and archer and the second against sword and javelin infantry. With the hard counters gone, they needed to differentiate one of each other, so they give to the spearman cav a high damage but slow attack, making them a shoking role. This also was with charging in mind. Sword cavalry doesn't make that big damage at first, but they faster attack.

I think that this is the history.

The problem is that, unlike other RTS, cavalry in 0 A.D it's very vulnerable to ranged attacks, so they can't barely make damage at all cause they die fast. But this is another topic.