Right now you can have a character who is great at smithing (150+ skill) that's totally unable to make any pikes or throwing axes because he never got the part unlock, and could have a character who has many tier V parts, but is missing some basic tier 1 parts. I propose making it so that if your smithing skill is at least 55, whenever you make or smelt a weapon and would not otherwise unlock a part, you unlock a random part that has a tier of your smithing skill divided by 55* or less (so tier 1 parts unlock very quickly at 55+ skill, tier 1+tier 2 at 110, etc.).
*The exact number is not important. 55 is just an example chosen because the skill cap is ~330 and there are 6 tiers of parts.
*The exact number is not important. 55 is just an example chosen because the skill cap is ~330 and there are 6 tiers of parts.