Uses?

[Rich]

I died for the first time yesterday (with my current Pirate) and the morale meter then showed up and displayed 96%

It dropped slightly when I was attacking some ships, but then went up to 97% when I cashed in 6 crates of goods I plundered.

[NormanTJ]

Now that I think about it, isn't morale used to describe your kindness or personal values? If that's the case, then killing would surely drop it, right? So maybe it was used o keep players from killing anything they see, for when it gets to 0 something happens? We should try that. Someone go kill rapidly and get 0 morale. :P

[searage]

your "morals" define how ethical you are.

you "morale" defines how happy you are.

[soeasilyamused]

I haven't been able to figure out the morale thing either. My meter only shows up after I die and wake up in the brig. The number usually says 97% or thereabouts, and doesn't change. The red bar changes how much it's filled, but I haven't noticed any correlation between it and what I'm doing.