There's no built-in setting for that. I found the code here in src/ui/public/vislib/lib/dispatch.js. I changed it from 0.5 to 0.1 and it made a big difference;
/**
* Mouseover Behavior
*
* @param element {D3.Selection}
* @method highlight
*/
Dispatch.prototype.highlight = function (element) {
var label = this.getAttribute('data-label');
if (!label) return;
//Opacity 1 is needed to avoid the css application
$('[data-label]', element.parentNode).css('opacity', 1).not(
function (els, el) { return `${$(el).data('label')}` === label;}
).css('opacity', 0.5);
};