Sentinels Republic

Hi all, new to this server and haven't played since probably around 2008, can't remember. Played pre-CU and took a break, then played NGE, was fun but always liked pre-CU more. Anyway, I just started here yesterday and went to Mos Eisley right away since that's where I spent a lost of time on Bria back in the day and every mob I examine says instant death, even small stuff like rats and beetles. I asked for advice in galaxy wide chat and was told to check out mobs near Theed spaceport so I traveled there but had to log off because work. When I log back in later, I'll start grinding on mobs there but was wondering if the missions on the Theed terminals were also lower difficulty because the ones I was seeing on the Mos Eisley terminals had difficulty ratings of 12, 13, and up. As a brand new character with no kills whatsoever and 235/250 skill points (therefore no skills in anything), and seeing that every mob is going to one shot me, I don't think I will be able to handle those missions.

Two more things. I remember people (myself included) using macros to grind mobs right outside Mos Eisley during pre-CU, I would leave the game logged in for hours and hours while I was at work or out of the house. I was hoping to find the same thing when I logged in for the first time but there were maybe two people in the entire city. Do people still do that and if so, where?

Lastly, this morning I tried to find a macro to summon my speederbike swoop and mount it. I found this:

/ui action toolBarSlotxx; (00 through 23)

/pause 1;

/tar speederbike swoop;

/mount;

The problem is after the pause, the swoop doesn't get targeted and a chat bubble pops up over my head with /tar speederbike swoop; so what am I doing wrong?

Thanks!