Quote Originally Posted by Efrye View Post
It was posted before, but in case you overlooked it: If you're using Windows 7 or Vista, you can turn off the sounds completely. Just click on the sound icon in your system tray, then click on "Mixer" and you'll get a list of all currently running applications with sound output. Drag XIV all the way down and the game will be dead silent.
This is one of the features I like about Vista and 7 is independent volume sliders for the applications.

I'm also glad that SE has acknowledged this. UI improvements such as this will assist the game in the long-run (or at minimum, for future audio).