Exactly like before, when the lance was overused instead of the heavy lance.
Heavy Lance was still used a lot pre-patch, most often by the better lancers as it became more effective than the regular lance for them. No one will use the regular lance now, which is different from other balancing being done in this mod, where you have several different weapons filling different niches. When you have only have a few weapons available for a class, you really have to make them all viable, but different, making it a choice based on playstyle with their own pros and cons. Now the regular lance is redundant, while the two top-tier lances are exactly the same, not really much to choose between.
Light lance and double sided lance are better hoplite weapons than lances, but at least they have their uses.