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Tribute counts as worn. Therefore I just use augs and gear for what I want and don't bother with tribute.
I did this up until I was about 66th level. Then I noticed I was coming close to having to make a decision between say, a mana preserve V aug an an HP mana or stat aug, etc as I was running out of aug slots. I just decided to dump the mana preservation aug and put that Hive aug from the 69.1 in there. 20/20 mana and hp with +2 mana regen was more important than an aug for mana preservation since I could get the same effect from tribute.
I can totally see going back to all worn stuff w/effects with no tribute on (except the +hp and +mana ones, I see no reason ever to not have those set-up, an extra 150 of each is always a good thing). This would assume that I get some gear that provides a better mana preservation than the tribute mana preserve V, etc. As an example, I do not use spell damage V tribute because I get a better effect from Muram's Anger on an item I wear.
I do alot of tradeskills, so getting tribute is almost a non issue for me. I do LDoNs every so often as well, and most of the drops off the named there are really only good for tribute too.