Guild Wars 2

Lots of people are suggesting that GS/Reaper shroud could be a just-beyond-melee range weapon ala d/d ele, something with just a bit more reach than traditional melee. But how could you make this visually clear and thematic?

When you swap to GS/Reaper shroud, it should play the decaying wings animation that Reaper shroud currently has, and increase your character/weapon size by ~25%.

We know this is in the game and works fine because this is what Rampage currently does. This way the 170 melee range on greatsword can go up to something like 240, which is well radius and would do alot for being kited, and Reaper shroud could maybe even be 300 range, which is lightning whip. This would even improves LF regen by letting you catch more targets. Thoughts?