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[goduranus]

Seen this in a mod, where ships starts to beep above ~75% flux and beeps faster as it gets closer to overload. Seems like a very helpful feature for when combat is too intense for you to look at the UI. And also adds immersion, since audio warnings are a feature that real combat vehicles have.

https://youtu.be/Eng8nhD08Ms?t=13m

[TaLaR]

Wouldn't hurt (if optional), but not something to rely on either. Swarm of Sabots can overload you from 0 to 100% in less than a second.
Overload prevention is more about awareness of how much flux is incoming and how exactly (projectile flight times, cooldowns, damage types, etc).

On a side note - would like a sound cue for Sabot staging as well.

[Ranakastrasz]

The arcade from SS+ does this. The shield gets extra special effects and you hear a... Sound which increases in pitch proportional to your current flux level when you go above, like, 50%.

The duel feedback elements make it very hard to not know how high your flux is.
The closest other example I can think of is the Templar faction, who's "Shields" turn red and flicker at high flux.

[King Alfonzo]

If you want that kind of thing, this mod does a similar function in the campaign. Instead of beeping faster at higher flux, it beeps when you're above 80% flux to tell you you're about to go over. It also uses different beeps for when you get badly damaged from a single strike (so you know you're being hit from behind by a missile strike or something), when you're on 50%, and then 20% hull, but most importantly (for me anyway) when your engines die. You can turn off the sounds in real time, so it's not overly annoying in combat situations, and you can tune when the sounds happen through the settings file.