Posting this cause I'm no longer playing, confirmed working by my entire guild as of last couple weeks though. On chest boss for EV/KP (Pylons/Lords/Jarg and Sorno) the lockouts and loot are not assigned until after you loot the chest. This means you can kill them on HM or Story (but why do Story when you can do HM) and jump characters out of the instance and out of the group. You can also jump new ones in. Always leave at least 2 people in the group or it will kick you out automatically. You can jump in characters that had nothing to do with the instance at all, jump others out. Then loot the chest. This will clear the lockout on any character active and in the zone AT THE TIME of loot. However anyone involved in the actual legwork of the Op will still be open and can reform the group, re-enter the instance, and rinse wash repeat yourself to rakata boots, legs, and bracers, plus all the nice T2 compliments. If you can have 2 people of the same class loot at the same time you can guarantee drops. If only one person needs loot, no worries, just leave 2 in the group and jump the other one outside the instance. Lockout will still stay fresh. Enjoy for the next 24-48 Hours. I'm positive this is classified as one of those "Serious" Impact issues. gearing in this game is a joke.