[gernblan]

They would PROBABLY remain, as I think the lore checking is only done when you are sealing or placing the item in it's character slot. IF they took the lore aug'd item off then tried to put it back on, they may get an error, but for those who already have end-game gear and have stacked augments to the sky,. as long as they do not touch those items, they should still be able to get away with the exploit.

Some method of deleting all but one of each lore augment on characters would need to be devised.

OR perhaps a renumber of those augments to a different ID, making them all go "poof". Then replacing in the lootdrops the new IDs. That would be a painful nerf for players though, but will only really hammer on those who were exploiting the heck out of this in the first place.

It can also leave a potential mess in the inventory tables - tons of items floating out there in the inventory tables that no longer exist.

Any way you look at this, it's a mess.

But it NEEDS to be fixed asap.

Server balance is impossible with bugs like this.