Loot tables don't work in my opnion, nothing more frustating than getting through a run and getting the same drops everyone already has.
These issues didn't start with the HM's me and my guild found them running FP's whilst leveling upto 50. However now were 50 and want nice gear, its turning from a grindfest into a rantfest.
Personally i'd think its better for bioware to get rid of gear drops and replace them with a increased drop of tokens so we can buy our gear. Certainly beats grinding the same FP's over and over and getting nothing out of it. In the end people will stop running them, and if people arn't doing things at end level chances are they will end up leaving the game.
Bioware you need to look at it and fix it. Pretty please.