Great ideas! I didn't realize there was /debug @debug, so thank you for that info. Normally I turn on a debug log which causes a bit more overhead managing a log file, so this is very useful. After running it for a bit I only see PRIVMSG and PING/PONG, so I think even suppressing the latter would result in a large gain. Having an option to not animate on joins/quits/etc. would also help make the icon animation more relevant.
