I know you can leave a heroic instance(like Esseles) by simply going back the way you came. If you are already deep into it and real life intrudes, are there any other quick ways out?

I know you can leave a heroic instance(like Esseles) by simply going back the way you came. If you are already deep into it and real life intrudes, are there any other quick ways out?

You have several options, depending on where you want to end up:

 

Just log out where you are, and when you log back in you will be placed outside the instance entrance.

 

Quick Travel to somplace you've bound, like maybe the nearest cantina, so you can build up rest xp.

 

Use your (Emergency) Fleet Pass, if you have one.

OK, thanks for the response!

There's also a little icon on the mini-map that says 'exit area' or something like that. Never used it myself but it sounds like a quick exit to me.

Despite saying heroic something...

 

he said

(like Esseles)

 

which means he was actually talking about flashpoints, which means that none of the things in the first reply were correct.

 

You leave a flashpoint by CLICKING WHERE IT SAYS EXIT AREA on your screen.

 

And forget nonsens like this

Quick Travel to somplace you've bound,

YOU CAN'T LEAVE FLASHPOINTS WITH QUICK TRAVEL!!!

 

 

Now heroic missions on questing planets are completely different thing (and they are not same thing as flashpoints "like esseless" despite op talking as if they were) and there you can quicktravel, but even if they are phased (and some are not) they are so small that leaving just walking out would not be much of an issue anyway.

OK, my bad. where on the screen would it say exit area?

Corner of the minimap (upper right corner)

Thanks!!