would love to see polearms be able to parry an advance to melee and, if successful, stop the advance at pole range. I would suggest we base this off the hangback command + parry skill, but we all know how ruinous hangback is.

This seems intuitive for combat since combatant x with sword SHOULD watch his or her step when trying to get past the killing zone of combatant Y with a pole weapon. This would IMO give poles a neat and deserved niche. Has something like this been tried yet (or is it secretly the case already and it's just been super hush hush)?