As lancer you should have more chances to beat inf as with any other cavalry type.
I can't understand how you loose against them(and I'm not a noob..
), because every men on the ground has a moment when he don't look on some of the riders.
Hmm, what now comes to my mind: What about just luck? I never heard of a situation like this before
Also, as I said before, with hussars or heavy cav, the situation won't be changed. From my point of view, this don't proof, that lancers are not op.
If you send some equal skilled cavalry groups (one with lancers, one with any other type) against some infantry... eventually both groups will not survive this, but if they are all relative new players, who have 5 hours ingame (or something), the lancers will have an easier job as the other cav. That is the power of the range.