So i’d like all of the links to be 100% white by default. Then when you hover on one of them, the others all dim/have a lower opacity. Which I don’t think your tip quite solves?
The thing is, your hover areas for the links are so large, I can’t image a user having the menu open and not having their cursor over one of them. The possibility of seeing everything at 100% white is low. I guess they would if they went to the “close” trigger but I’d take that trade-off for the ease vs. building a more complex interaction.