But sword play is a big part of being a cavalry player!
+1
Furthermore, as it was said before, aiming for the horses on a 5vs5 is understandable, but on a 2vs2, it would make the rounds too short or too long 'cause if one sees his partner on the ground, he will start fear and run around him. If we're allowed to fight to death, some strategy can take place.
Also, ground fighting mustn't be kicked out of cavalry gameplay, it's very important to know how to kill a horse/man when you're on the ground, and very important to kill a footman when on a horse.
So, I support the "fight to death" rule, and now, Belgian, GO 2 TRAIN NUB :p