If you guys are grouping while doing normal quests you can opt out no biggie. However, during flashpoints ALL group members must be on-board the conversation. Do you guys talk in Vent or anything like that? If they're good friends and they are more open to future possibilities for their characters (I'm not trying to say you're being rigid ; you just have a clear goal for your character and that's totally understandable, I just don't know how else to word it) perhaps you could ask them to vote for the same chat option(s) as you when it comes down to those decisions? It may not be practical in the scheme of things but that's the only thing I could think of to guarantee it... that or some real lucky dice, lol.
If you guys are grouping while doing normal quests you can opt out no biggie. However, during flashpoints ALL group members must be on-board the conversation. Do you guys talk in Vent or anything like that? If they're good friends and they are more open to future possibilities for their characters (I'm not trying to say you're being rigid ; you just have a clear goal for your character and that's totally understandable, I just don't know how else to word it) perhaps you could ask them to vote for the same chat option(s) as you when it comes down to those decisions? It may not be practical in the scheme of things but that's the only thing I could think of to guarantee it... that or some real lucky dice, lol.