[2021] suggestion: make chat either fade to low opacity, or give an option to disable it from fading, or customize the timer

as it stands now chat fades after about 4 seconds of you not typing, and does not show new messages, meaning it just disappears unless you're CONSTANTLY hitting enter to read chat, which is really disruptive while playing

There is currently no way at all to be able to see chat while actively playing, this means conversations just die randomly, it's kind of frustrating IMO

some very easy implementations:

give an option to remove chat from fading, give an option to have chat reveal the latest message and have messages individually fade after a few seconds, or just have it refresh the whole chat window when a new message is received, or just have the chat fade to "low opacity" something like 20-40%

an option like this in the social tab would be really appreciated and incredibly easy to implement, thanks!

also whispers should perhaps have a sound but definitly bring up the chat, i've had several people make comments about them losing my whispers because of this :p