Mmmkay, bullshit aside.
There are many aspects when it comes to meelee combat, really.
Are you going to implement all of those?
with 5m pike i could hit targets in adjacent rooms, not to
mention hitting just from backrow
i could hit target before it has any chance to hit me, and
then retreat as it approaches (repeat n times)
in close quarters i couldnt stand any chance using pike vs
dude with rusty knife, unless i would drop it and use fists
i wouldnt be even able to bring my pike into some confined
space, not to mention attacking with it
parrying dagger attacks with a pike and then executing a
riposte, get a clue
'few' more, if only you took a look at real combat

So far, the only effects of the tune are
boosted up stun (wasnt it tuned before for a reason? well, glad
to see that enemy status makes me to swing my arms like windmill)
fucked up soloing, espec guilds that rely on parrying
(imho locs sucked before, now you could just delete them)
harder to do eq (equivalent to effect called 'the mob will
always hit same tank twice)
another direct message for players, 'boons are must' (in this
particular case the boon gives more to already powerfull players,
the harder you hit, the higher the bonus) really suits
all those words of equality and playability for boonless.