I gather the idea is, even if you're solo raiding a cabal you have a chance to get your gear back.

The only problem I see right now as a consequence of this is the scenario where (for example) 3 Battle are raiding Nexus against one Nexun. Nexus guy gets lucky and manages to kill one of the three raiders elsewhere in the Nexus cabal. Dead Battle guy gets all/most of his gear back, heals up and 5 minutes later is back in on the raid. Formerly-dead Battle guy kills Nexus guy and full loots him.

This kind of scenario frustrates me because when I'm in the lone defender position, I feel like I have to loot a lot more than I'd like just to protect myself. This scenario is rarer than the dying-solo-raiding scenario, so I don't really see us just going back to slaying because it'd break more than it fixes.

Maybe we'll kick around ideas and see if there's a better solution.