You act like it's a bad thing that the underdog cabal can keep their powers so long as they can retrieve. Do we really need to make it easier for the bigger cabal to defend against lowbies?

By default you should have your powers - only when the strong cabal has support across multiple PK ranges should you be able to hold the enemy items. Otherwise being the underdog is just that much worse. We don't need anymore steamroll/strong-get-stronger mechanics.