Quote Originally Posted by SomeRandomHuman View Post
It is possible to not only disable the tell noise, but also filter it out entirely or limit it to specific tabs.

This can be done by going to Character Config > Log Window Settings.

For disabling the ping: Log window Setting > Notification Sounds Tab > Uncheck Tell > Accept > Done.

For filtering out tell completely or to specific tabs: Log window settings > General(very bottom) > Select Chat Tab > Check/Uncheck > Apply > Done
Wanting to *sometimes* want to be alone isn't worth making it so that I cannot interact with any of the friends I've made ever. Also that makes it look like I'm actively ignoring friends who normally I would want to interact with, which creates a bad atmosphere for later.