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That is the point of horse archers and cavalry in general, in my opinion--to force the infantry to expose themselves to the archers. And I think I have heard that giving yourself tactics skill makes the AI like you less, but I may be wrong.
[/quote] thats all well and good but they are turning to confront one man, its gotten to the point where i no longer attack at all i just command and the numbers are still outrageously in my favor, and its not like im taking an army of 200 elites against 100 peasants im usually outnumbered by about 20 and by a lord, i have my party set up according to the faction i am going against and the terrain on their land, i guess there is just no way to un program ignorance