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During the changes to clan items, they will be made no-rent in order for us to get them out of the game.
Storing them in clan chests until we fix the bonuses is not helping us get them out of the game.
Therefore when all items have been changed to no bonuses and no-rent, I will be looking through all clan chests.
Any clans that are found to be storing trinkets that are norent clan items will lose their clan chests. This goes for both darkside and lightside, and ignorance will not be taken as an acceptable excuse.
I will certainly be looking through all containers in a chest as well, and I will take a very dim view of finding items that 'just happen' to be inside of a pouch inside of a sack, or the like.
Play it smart here folks. Police yourselves, don't make me have to do it.
D.