Query - infantry in column surrounding cavalry

[Xaver]

I allways dislike in Nap engine cavalry, and since games offer squadrons and not regiments i dislike it even more because you CANT mass cavalry to deal with cavalry limitations.

My problem is that cavalry even when is very usefull needs an excesive carefull use and you many times are forced to delay the use of cavalry in combat VS enemy infantry... only "early use" is to deal with enemy cavalry in counter scouting (and to prevent enemy take key terrain easy and fast) or to hunt excesive agresive skirmish units in open terrain.

Part of the problem is how strong are infantry units in column VS cavalry EVEN when they are assaulted from flanks or rear and well, mix in nap series assault column and movement column in a single formation is not a great help, and part that cavalry suffer casualties like infantry BUT they lose combat power faster and are very profitable in victory points.

I think Nap serie needs block formation from REN to cover the assault role at the cost of movement and leave column only to fast movement BUT with 0 defensive value in melee combat, with this infantry CANT overpower cavalry in mobile combat, cavalry can evade that kind of tactics you coment and apart this made cavalry suffer less casualties by fire... maybe take from REN the "armor" feature to made heavy cavalry less sensible to fire but slower and lighter cavalry weaker vs fire but more mobile.

For example i very very very very rare times use square formation because a line of infantry is strong enough to hold VS cavalry and offer you more firepower to decimate infantry, and in column you retain mobility and deal similar firedamage compared with square.