San, I have been playing as a lancer for the last 5 years, let me share some of my thoughs with you.
1. IMO horses should be put into different categories, and then some more sub categories into those main categories
1. Fast and swift but weak
a. Very fast, like 55 speed but weak as hell
b. Fast but has more HP (50 speed and 110 hp)
etc etc
2. Medium speed and more resistant to damage (hp buff)
a. One good example of how this class should be its the destrier, its a bit slower than the courser but its 10 times stronges, all and all its the best all around horse to use
3. Armoured horses
No need to explain here
The steppe horse has the same speed as the plated charger for fuck sake, lol.
2. Make horses a luxury
Cheapest horse should start from 20k at least, plated charge should cost like 100k.
Making it more expensive means that it will only be played by dedicated players
3. Leave the lance angle as it is, buff the damage and the speed, remove the couch damage cap.
Truely, lance angle is not the problem, the problem is having to stab 3 times full speed a light armoured archer
4. Increase the riding skill requirements.
4 riding skill for a courser and a destrier? Nope.
What do you think about these?
I have some more in mind
i agree with my brave and honorable greek friend. cav needs some very defined playstyle diversity.
i dont play cav hardcore dedicated, but it's my most played class after swashbuckler by quite a margin, and i've played gens of 2h cav 1h, cav, polearm cav, and i even did horse xbow back when i first joined frisia (when it was hella fun an enjoyable), and I can honestly say that cav feels very washed out. there's very little variety in the playstyle compared to melee, throwing, xbow, etc.
lance cav consists almost purely of hiding from archers, waiting until they are distracted, attempting to charge them, getting shot right before you thrust your lance, and sometimes getting lucky when they miss, or you just happen to be close enough to close in before they can nock another arrow (but this is rare since most maps are pretty open). contrary to popular belief of the plebes, it's not too difficult to 1v1 an infantry from the front unless they have a really long weapon, or lots of agi, or just simply out-time you.
1h and 2h cav is really good for combating other cav and taking on archers because you can get very close and still hit them without them outturning your lance (but most people can still circle your horse, but sometimes you can time your swings and horse's turn just right to compensate), but is nearly incapable of taking on infantry with an average length polearm or 2h or even 1h from the front since bumpslashes suck ass and your horse is almost guaranteed to die in the process.
if the more common horses had variety so you could elect to use something as resilient and tanky as the plated charger, but without the ABSURD maneuverability (horrific turn rate makes engaging infantry who are circling your steeeed SO difficult), a more "historic" type of melee cav could have a balanced and fun place in the game. a cav player could charge into a melee and knock over all their teammates and effectively duel someone off of horseback, using the baiting guise of the horse to open the other player to attacks, it could be so fun. AND IT WOULD GIVE ARCHERS A REASON NOT TO SHOOT AT YOUR HORSE FROM ACROSS THE MAP BECAUSE THEY WONT BE KILLING IT IN TWO ARROWS11!
now im not saying im a better player than anyone here,but im a better player than anyone here by miles and my opinion should be taken seriosuly
also i sometimes bait lancers into hitting my broadside so they rear themselves on my horse and i can REKT them, but my horse is pretty much dead or blackbarred from it, but if i could have a nice strong horse i could be dedicated anti-cav cav!11