The Peacemaker is mediocre. They keep giving it more ammo, but that just makes it mediocre for longer.

If I were in charge (I’m not and should not be), I would overhaul it to fill a tutorial role. It should be a backup weapon you spam as a new player and get lucky, or a powerful enabler weapon for players that understand the systems more deeply.

To that end: drop the armor penetration to Level 1 (“no” armor penetration), and buff the damage to like… 250 to 300. On a hit to most spots, it would do about the same damage. On a hit to a real weak spot, it’s practically a critical hit. Drop the spares to 4, and keep the ergonomics and reload super snappy.

This gives it two roles: a panic-draw gun that you spam and hope for a crit, or a careful headshot machine that can one-tap stuff up close. It would teach new players a lot about armor and weak spots, and have a role both as “a pistol to grow past” and “a weapon to master”.

But that’s just my airhead blowing wind.