i doubt filtering out announcements would be an option considering they're both for events and for duel tournament/other important messages, however if you're say a quester that doesnt really relate to you in any way could be an option, but then again its like an announcement every 10-20 minutes unless theres a set of events going on so I dont really get why its that annoying for you.
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a scroll key for the chat would be a good option but dont make it like this because that'll be rather cluttering imo but make a keybind for example up and down arrow keys would be nice
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about the search with input, do you mean for example /find somedude but instead of writing the entire name it would be /find somed? cause if i understood correctly thatd be a great function considering lots of people have names like ^6B^0un^9ny^8 which i assume gets annoying to write all the time :c
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i think they already had massive colors planned out not sure though, would be a nice thing to have ; )
