After playing Viper for some time at lvl 100 I had the same idea as you. Right now there are two indicators of where inthe 1-2-3 step you are one being the inner part of the swords the other being the glow. Why does it have to show you which step you are on twice? Like also the flank positional skills clearly use green for flank red for rear but the guage doesnt convey this information. It only tells you if you should go for the right or left ability but not if its a flank or rear that you have to memorize which second step ability you used. I see many people just remove the sight gauge if it wasnt for the rattling snake stack counter and look at the buttons on the hotbar or do what Kashi11 did. I very much agree that leaving out if its a rear or flank is something the gauge should convey more clearly. The issue is not that the gauge is bad but that looking at your hotbar provides clearer information and that its not a good habbit to develop.