I play alone, with no companion and the ping bound button is interfering with normal use. I know people like/want this feature, but for me its immersion breaking 
Why/how is it interfering with its normal use?
Isn’t it L1 (single press)?
The normal use of L1 is just the emote wheel which is used with L1 (hold button), isn’t it?
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Ping is used to mark where you want your companion to go, such as when he gets the zoomies or is chasing after a machine you don’t care about at the moment and need him paying attention to your immediate surroundings. It is perfectly fine where it is, even in single-player games.
Why no, no it certaintly isnt fine where it is. I have no interest whatsoever in playing with the comopanion, none at all. To my original point, I prefer the immersion of just being in the environment and aware, hence no friends of the coporeal or machine variety.
I know what its supposed to do, and im not here knocking people who like having a companion. Its a new feature that was added, and like heartbeat/breathing sounds which some people prefer to NOT have its not an unreasonable burden to give it a toggle option.
I use an overlay that requires the button, have many hundreds of hours in game now the ping icon is in the forests or even if I disable all HUD elements the CHIME sound repeatedly. I dont use the companion, I didnt ask to have it removed from the game but that a feature for the companion be optional for those of us (im not the only one) who prefer to not have additional sounds/visual clutter
It isn’t just a feature for the companion, but for multiplayer… With the additional feature to guide the companion.
With POI deactivated the ping should be invisible for you.
So you’re playing on PC Steam but with gamepad or on console?
And you changed L1 buttonpress to something else, but the ping is still there?
Can’t really imagine it without having seen it.
Screenshots or a video could help.
As stated in the first post, I play alone so I dont need any multiplayer features. Its basically the ping icon that we all see, theres no way to rebind it so every time I press the button I either see and hear the yellow indicator or just hear it if I disable all icons in game. I use the button for dimming the hud when in combat- again for immersion- then bringing it back to full brightness at bases/while looting etc
I know most people like to play with the companion or with friends, this isnt begging to remove the feature but asking that it be disabled similar to the hearbeat sounds/breathing which some of us prefer not to have.
I lack the technical skills, but I will probably have to find the file with the icon in it and replace it with a single black pixel if a null value cant be entered. I love this game and I’m happy to support it, but I dont like having my experience changed/mods broken via compulsory updates.
If it’s not eventually part of the quality of life features that come with the final showdown update, there is no other way. No more updates to come after that one.
Keep in mind: Modding the game is risky and there is no support for it.