The thing with the lockouts is. Most people who want the lockouts removed, don't want to gear out ASAP. They just want to be able to run BCB as much as possible, gear or no gear.

E.g. My FC has two groups on turn 5, and a bunch of people stuck on turn 2. We would love to be able to form new groups and go back into turn 1 or turn 2 with other people and help them clear it, but we can't.

So when our group gets to turn 5 and people are shouting "Turn 2" etc, there is nothing we can do to help.

They should just replace the lockouts with gear lockouts on the treasure chests in BCB.