ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

When I play the game with EoR DLC on, I see a lot of steamguns and steamsaws that are totally useless for my character.

There is no way I can use those weapons if I am not playing a tinker class. There is no way I can obtain mastery for steamgun/steamsaw.(unlike exotic weapon)

So it kinda bothers me those steamtech weapons eating up the loot table.


Yes. Somebody may argue that those eating-up-loot-table thing is for everyone. Like swords on archer, mindstars on archmage.

But I consider them as a different case; they are available for any classes.

For example, I can still take sword as my main weapon when I play an archer. I can still get mindstar mastery when I play an archmage and be an anti-magic-archmage.

How about steamguns and steamsaws?

No. It is impossible to get steamgun mastery or steamsaw mastery in this game if you are non-tinker class.


So, my suggestions are one of these:

1. Steamguns/steamsaws will not drop if player's class is non-tinker.

Cause if we can't use it, they are useless junks.


2. Steamguns<->Slings, Steamsaws<->One-handed weapons

I know tinker class can alter slings into steamguns. Then why not vice versa?


3. Steamgun/Steamsaw mastery

Like exotic weapons. Give player an option to get the masteries from escorts or Last hope merchant.

Imagine a bulwark with a steamsaw and a shield... Beautiful!

well unlike 1h/2h/staves/mindstars, no it is impossible to get bow mastery or sling mastery in this game if you are non-archer type class. so i guess we should remove bow, slings, arrows, and shots when not playing an archer type.

Cause if we can't use it, they are useless junks.

Anyway, steam stuff will only drop from tinker rares. the loot on the floor will not be anything tinker related unless you learn tinker from the escort. considering tinker are like 1/8 of the class pool, i wouldn't say that's a lot of "useless drops". And useless drops exists even without tinkers.