Anyone know if they will be implemented into the game? Ex: Each chest can be opened at different Lockpick skill level. Manually or automatically at a %.

Well, they're trying to make the thieves guild work somehow, so it's quite possible to see something in the line of this.

I don't see why it wouldn't work.
I mean SWTOR has the lockboxes that had to be sliced you could just do something along the lines of that.

The only issue would be keeping it so that players who can pickpocket don't become vastly richer than others (they can be richer but not by stupid ammounts) so you don't get everyone making thieves or thief alts to get money.

They would probably have to make lockpicking available to everyone or at least some alternative. There is always unlock spells too. But maybe not everyone is meant to open locks after all

I agree that it shouldn't make people vastly richer than others, but I could go either way on whether or not everyone can do it. At the very least, it should be a very hard task for those with a low skill level. Common sense, I guess.