HX is very much a stop and shoot class.
With all due respect, you play on EU and thus have no idea what we are talking about in this thread.
None of the HX archers we are discussing are the "stop and shoot" type. It's not really necessary -- especially against unaware infantry, in which case HX works almost exactly like lancer cavalry: you ride up on some guy fighting or not paying attention and instead of lancing him, you shoot him point blank right before your horse runs him over. HX just has the additional advantage that if it's a wary pikeman then you can circle around him and kill him from 20 feet away instead.
Especially true on NA1 where the majority of the maps have been 0-cover open field maps.
The main weakness of the HA is the number of points they have to spend.
HX:
10 riding
5 horse archery
10 WM
2 skill points left over (7/30)
190 xbow wpf(!!!)
As an HA, you can't do anything like that. You need strength and points for power draw which is going to impair your riding, relative to an HX. If Lemann is right and the HX all come back, it would certainly be interesting to see you try some crossover action to battle them. Usually they use their superior riding skill to dodge the HA and retreat to the safety of friendly lines, so that you get killed by some other means in the meantime. If it comes to the end of the round and you're still alive, the HX will prioritize killing you.
Really they just need to kill your horse. With 10 riding skill on an Arabian, 2 HX can pretty well keep you from standing back up.
ANYway, I'm just speaking for the masses. You can see all the complaints and requests to "get off your horse" in the short video I posted.
Those people may not be stampeding the forums with demands (yet), but the sentiment is out there. Feel free to discount everything I'm saying. I'm just repeating to you the things being said over and over by dozens of people on NA1.