Quote Originally Posted by Ayerc View Post
Part of the fun in a battle is having some unpredictability. If a boss suddenly goes for the mage line, and wipes half of them out, your battle tactics need to change while you get back on your feet. Riding the edge of a full wipe is much more exciting than riding the edge of whether or not someone takes hate. Of course, there's a chance that this could still happen with the gauge in place, but it'll be a whole lot more unlikely if we can see the numbers.
Honestly with or without the hate meter this shouldn't happen. If it does your mages aren't managing their hate properly and that means they aren't very skilled. Honestly if they are that unaware of the hate they're pulling this would probably still happen with the meter in place. If someone doesn't know how to manage hate on their class or if they don't care if they do it, showing them a number isn't going to help much.