Except you are saying you skip this quest if you avoid the mobs. It's not like this was a heroic 2 or higher or a champion it was just a regular quest mob. I duo pretty much all the time and we crush anything instanced. It seems that it is outdoor mobs that are the issue.

Well go to know that silver mobs can almost one shot people and it's just okay.... Especially in a group of 3 mobs.

http://imgur.com/5Mb1YAm

I am lvl 48 on the imp side well within the range of the planet. Also over half my gear is blue and close to my lvl.

I keep reading how people aren't having issues with silver mobs and it's just a learn to play issue. I was just hit for 9813 damage in a single shot. I only have 10615 heath so it seems to me they are certainly way over tuned.

I'm not sure I duo with my wife and with a healing companion out we are ending single groups on balsavis much lower on health.

It all makes sense now that you say they aren't evil. Really when Alderan was blown up by the death star he wasn't being evil the sith lord was just helping them get at minerals deep in the planet they couldn't access!