So I've been thinking about this long and hard lately. I get really annoyed when I try to type something and a monster spawns on top of me, or I'm trying to get someones attention fast enough before they leave the stage, or when a monster is heading towards me and I have to scream for help. (Maybe not the last one) It is a huge hindrance to have to move your mouse and click on the chat bar just to chat. A simple solution I thought of was pressing the ENTER key, then the chat bar opens automatically. Then you can start typing and press ENTER to send. Afterwards, the message would close and you'd have to press ENTER again to make a new message. Clicking on the bar should stay in the game though.
Another awesome thing would be hotkeys for the menus. It is SERIOUSLY annoying to have to move all the way to the inventory just to eat an apple so I wont die from monsters. It leaves you vulnerable for a longer period of time than it would if hotkeys were enables. Here is some suggestions of what menu would be for what hotkey. (Obviously the hotkeys would be disabled if you are in the chat)
Character - C, Friends - F, Missions - M, Items - I, Hero-Pedia - H, PayVault - P, Options - O, Map - N
I thought that this would probably tangle your fingers or be annoying to memorize if you aren't too familiar with the keyboard. So I also though of using 1-8 for this.
Character - 1, Friends - 2, Missions - 3, Items - 4, Hero-Pedia - 5, PayVault - 6, Options - 7, Map - 8
Its a lot easier to remember and press faster for better game experience, and less deaths -__- Please take this idea into some type of consideration. Hotkeys should be optional though, therefore they can be enabled and disabled in the "Options" menu. Therefore if people don't like it, they don't have to use it. Thank you!