Thanks. I'll give it another shot. Maybe I was making it too complicated.

I killed three PVP vendors and a couple of womp rat mobs to get the ancient tome to spawn. Is there another way?

I got the Tatooine buff a couple of weeks ago and it only lasted one hour. I couldn't see how it would be possible to finish the mission including the spirits and tomes in one hour. Has that been changed?

I had the same problem. There just aren't enough players running this quest anymore. I ran All the Pieces solo to the boss, but can't finish it. I found someone willing to help but they couldn't because they were not in the quest chain.

I have run some older ones. I'll look through the missions to see what level they are. Maybe I just didn't hit the right one.

I have reached 400 in Cybertech, Underworld Trading, and Scavenging. I purchased Advanced level for all. I noticed that Grade 9 Scavenging missions were grayed out when I purchased the advanced scavenging. I logged back in later, and advanced Scavenging was gone. I had to repurchase it. The Grade 9 mission level is still grayed out. No problem with Cybertech or Underworld Trading, only with Scavenging. Has anyone else seen this problem in 2.8.1?