diff --git a/projects/Gibbed.BorderlandsOz.GameInfo/ItemBalanceDefinition.cs b/projects/Gibbed.BorderlandsOz.GameInfo/ItemBalanceDefinition.cs
index a96d808..9641f2e 100644
--- a/projects/Gibbed.BorderlandsOz.GameInfo/ItemBalanceDefinition.cs
+++ b/projects/Gibbed.BorderlandsOz.GameInfo/ItemBalanceDefinition.cs
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ public bool IsSuitableFor(ItemDefinition item)
             var current = this;
             do
             {
-                if (current.Item != null && current.Item == item)
+                if (current.Item != null || current.Items?.Count > 0)
                 {
-                    return true;
-                }
+                    if (current.Item == item || current.Items?.Contains(item) == true)
+                    {
+                        return true;
+                    }
 
-                if (current.Items != null && current.Items.Contains(item) == true)
-                {
-                    return true;
+                    return false;
                 }
 
                 current = current.Base;
@@ -139,11 +139,6 @@ List<string> getList(IEnumerable<string> enumerable)
                 }
             }
 
-            if (result.Item != item && result.Items.Contains(item) == false)
-            {
-                throw new ResourceNotFoundException($"item type '{item.ResourcePath}' is not valid for '{this.ResourcePath}'");
-            }
-
             return result;
         }
 
diff --git a/projects/Gibbed.BorderlandsOz.GameInfo/WeaponBalanceDefinition.cs b/projects/Gibbed.BorderlandsOz.GameInfo/WeaponBalanceDefinition.cs
index 6332861..07af05a 100644
--- a/projects/Gibbed.BorderlandsOz.GameInfo/WeaponBalanceDefinition.cs
+++ b/projects/Gibbed.BorderlandsOz.GameInfo/WeaponBalanceDefinition.cs
@@ -123,11 +123,6 @@ public WeaponBalanceDefinition Create(WeaponTypeDefinition weaponType)
                 AddPartList(balance.Parts.MaterialParts, balance.Parts.Mode, result.Parts.MaterialParts);
             }
 
-            if (result.WeaponType != weaponType)
-            {
-                throw new ResourceNotFoundException($"weapon type '{weaponType.ResourcePath}' is not valid for '{this.ResourcePath}'");
-            }
-
             return result;
         }