This is one of the only chain weapons that feels like it works.
That said, it being shorter isn’t… well… I feel like I need to point out that a longsword in the English style had the same blade as a regular sword, but more grip. This wasn’t true for the Germans, but it was for the English.
You basically have your gladius, your regular 1h sword, your bastardsword, your longsword, and your greatsword.
The last is really more like a polearm then a sword.
All things considered though, really want to see the chain weapons buffed, so much so I wrote a small library on it over here.