True, distance is size-based, but I'm not entirely sure about other polearm skills. Cutoff, certainly, has to be some completely weird value like hitroll divided by lifetime zit-count mashed in olive oil with dex(str*1.8)/weight*.25 which is entered into a probability matrix that makes powerball look like a coin toss.
Chargeset is the laggy player's wetdream revenge.
Chop is useful in ranking, entrap is sick. Legsweep may be situational but especially as a cloud giant I wanted something less dex-based than trip when needed. The devastatingly upgraded charge is also nice. When I played last there were no thrust and slice, so polearms now do indeed have full-spread utility.
Incidentally, I took trapping beneath thunder and fist of the titan. Highly recommend.