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That's true if your imperials would not be maxing out frontage - one of the problems I sometimes have with massed light lance cav is that they can get stuck and the ones at the back never even get to use their charge bonus. There's a point at which numbers don't help you that much offensively. Though I suppose if they're getting killed in melee, the ones at the back will filter through and still get their charge bonus attack.