I know! Tinkering should be used to "tinker out" augments out of items with effects. Say, a 1h-slash weapons like https://items.eqresource.com/items.php?id=171344 could be "tinkered" into a DMG 20 1H type 4 aug with Vampiric Draw effect at 3640 (to match the source weapon). Or https://items.eqresource.com/items.php?id=171337 belt can have Overdrive Punch effect https://spells.eqresource.com/spells.php?id=39912 extracted by tinkering into a, say, type 3 waist only augment with that effect. (that for those hybrids who want to have both belt effects) And so on. It would take maybe 30-40 recipies per expansion with 20-30 augment items to add to the database. And it would allow good customization to items without much development effort. And gnomes may be useful beyond being menu additions.
