Sol Invictus
Erudite
Yeah the melee attack animations in Guild Wars are really iffy, because they don't look like they're doing much damage. Maybe you should exaggerate stuff a little. When someone's hitting someone with an axe, and performs a critical strike, perhaps you should have him lift the axe over his head, jump up (folding his legs at the knees) and slam the axe into the ground. It's absurd, but it looks fantastic.