ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

Leot: Hey this Psychic Crush looks tasty, and it makes me wield a two hander. It works well because I sustain this other talent Psionic Disruption so I will be switching a lot.

I meet enemy

*Psychic CRUSH*

Leot: That was cool, now I just bump them to activate the Disruption and switch to my mindstar and mace.

*Does so repeatedly*

*Is still holding two hander ax and now a look of confusion on face*

Is this a bug in that it is not working as intended? By everything written I should be switching between my two weapon sets like a TW does, but it won't do so.

Believe it is intended to work like that. The main method of transitioning between sets is by ability activation, otherwise you need to do it manually since all three are technically melee sets it doesn't have the "its obvious you are meaning to hit them with your melee weapons and not punch them with your bow" that TW's have so it's left to you to decide which set to have equipped at any given time.

Actually I believe I have figured it out, and don't like the conclusion I came to.

In the ability description is states that if you have the required weapon in your OFF SET that you will automatically change.

What this functionally means is that you cannot use weapon switching shenanigans like I could only hope and dream of, but instead you are given the ability to switch automatically once, and only once, to your Off Set weapons.

I suppose on one hand it allows you to choose a single "BURST" weapon set before transitioning to a more stable one, especially as you can use these abilities while in a possessed body. The issue I'm coming across is the fact that I never have enough PSI to both hold form, take damage, and STILL activate things while in melee.

The ability refers to 'off set' not 'Off Set' small distinction but world of difference. It would be much clearer if it instead said 'active set' and 'inactive set' trust me I have tested it and it doesn't matter if the weapons are in my Off Set or my Main Set they will switch to the correct one with an ability activation.

If this is true, then the either the ability of Psionic Disruption or the description is incorrect. It states that if ma one handed weapon and a mindstar are in the off set, that it will automatically switch. Is this purely on the ability activation of the sustain itself, or is it on bump attack like I had (hoped) assumed.

Purely on activation, when you start up the sustain it will switch but it won't turn off if you switch to a different set. I added it to the list of typos in lieu of this discussion asking it to be clarified by stating 'inactive set' instead of 'off set'

Edit: The two handed tree also has a sustain that switches to a two handed weapon upon activation so in the case of having both of these sustains how would the game know whether or not you wanted two handed or 1handed and offhand mindstar? As I stated earlier it makes it difficult to know which set should be used in a given situation when they are all melee weapons its easy for a TW because they have a ranged set and a melee