Peacemaker vs Verdict

[Zaidah]

While the damage of the peacemaker got increased a few patches ago, the Verdict from the last warbond is just a better version : more spare mag, way more damage, less bullet per mag sure but at least it garantees a one-shot on weaker enemies, and less shot needed for beefier ones (for reference, you can sometimes need 2 shot to kill a scavenger with the Peacemaker, even at point blank).

My biggest grip, and this has been since the game is out, is that the ammo economy of the peacemaker is horrible : only 5 spare mag, for a total of 90 bullets, while the Verdict has 8 spare mag which also makes a total of 90 bullets. Peacemaker is the standard and most common weapon lore-wise and yet it has the less ammo available. The Redeemer has 4 spare mag but since it's 31 bullets per mag it makes a total of 150+ ammo.

I would really like to see the Peacemaker's spare magazines increased to 8 so at least, even if you can't kill as fast or as reliably as the other pistols, it can last you for a while and make a good secondary weapon if your main weapon has a low rate of fire or low ammo count.

[Midas]

I think you just need to get into the habit of searching for ammo in POIs and calling down supplies more regularly. The ammo seems fine to me. Keeping in mind it's also a secondary, they're generally supposed to be back-up weapons.

[PariahMessiah]

Starter pistol damage buff didn't change it's hits to kill in any noticeable fashion. It's two body shots to kill a little bug same as the machine pistol. The new space deagle has more spare mags since it has less ammo per mag. It has 89 bullets vs the 91 in the starter pistol (and 151 in the machine pistol)

[St0rmFury]

I prefer the verdict because I don't have the senator.

[Zaidah]

Originally posted by Midas:

I think you just need to get into the habit of searching for ammo in POIs and calling down supplies more regularly. The ammo seems fine to me. Keeping in mind it's also a secondary, they're generally supposed to be back-up weapons.

The reason I'm talking about ammo is because it has a worse ammo economy despite being overall less useful than the other pistols :
-If you need to get rid of some enemies fast (like hunter or berserker), you will take the Redeemer.
-If you want to make "1-shot and switch target" on smaller enemies (scavenger or raider) you will take the Verdict.

The Peacemaker is good at none of these (because less ammo in a mag and less rate of fire, or not enough damage to make consistent one-shot), which is why I don't see myself taking it instead of either of these two other pistols.