I have ping on Alt which is a Warzone carry-over. However, if I use Alt+number to upgrade an ability, my character pings whatever it's pointed at. If I hold Alt a little longer it brings the pingwheel up, so the only way for me to use Alt to upgrade a skill without pinging is to hold it down a bit, and keep my mouse still. So basically never 
I believe it should be possible for upgrading a skill to cancel the ping action, because pinging happens on keyup not keydown.
I believe it should be possible for upgrading a skill to cancel the ping action, because pinging happens on keyup not keydown.
