Frost blade range changes when i zone

every time i move to a new zone i have to pull frost blade out of my armor and put it back in to get the range on it, otherwise it has the same range as a melee attack.
super annoying, i dont know what could be causing this and i dont see any other mention of the issue
currently running it on a tabula rosa with culling strike, close combat, onslaught, melee physical damage and elemental damage

if the initial attack does not hit an enemy, then no projectiles are released.
This screws me up every time I use Frost Blades, if you don't name lock onto something, nothing happens.

no i mean i cant use the attack unless im in melee range, if i click on an enemy i would run into melee range to use the skill. that being said i died on the character and have not had teh same issue on the new one so yeaa

When you click on the skill in your skillbar, there is a little box that says "attack while in place" or something to that effect.
When that is not selected, you have to run into melee range.
When selected, the attack will take place from where you are standing.