Is there a setting to permanently make a chat network the default?

[Niwashi]

I'd prefer a setting per chat tab as well, but don't mind this game's system for characters who are not in the novice network. As Rongway mentioned, normally, for anyone other than NN sprouts, the game at least remembers what channel you'd been in last and keeps that as your default from one gaming session to the next, so if you have a usual favorite, that's where it will be.

It seems a crazy rule to keep resetting it to NN at every login if you are in that one, though. There's probably a lot of sprouts who want access to the NN occasionally, but spend more time chatting with their FC, or a linkshell, or in party chat...

I guess you could just get into the habit of changing your chat default before doing anything else each time you log in, even if you're not saying anything at the time. I regularly start every gaming session by opening the armoire, glamour chest, saddlebags, and each of my retainers, just so that item searches will work proplerly from then on if I end up doing any. If something becomes a habitual part of logging in, you're less likely to forget it the time you actually want it.