What loadout should I be looking for?
Bout to do some trade in's for Nader.
One with the gun you like and without the useless augments like ‘no fall damage’ and ‘X extra life after dying again and again’. You’ll be sweet. Personally I prefer being able to reload while sprinting so I take one of those cards.
I think it is a choice between:
SM31 Standard Operative and CR81 Suberb Operative.
Both have increased explosive range and their respective explosive damage reductions; former has 20% damage reduction for all explosives and the latter 30% damage reduction from your own granades. The SM31 has Springy augment which is great for jumping around, and the CR81’s Quick Eye is somewhat questionable augment. (But handy if you manage to flank the opponents.)
And if you rely on luck to get the loadouts instead of buying them straight from the store, KE81 Power Operative is not all that terrible. (Used one for ages) You got the damage reduction for your own granades, and the augment to swap between your weapons faster allowing faster response to threats at different firing distances. Not to mention that the clip size of 55 is kind of pretty neat, if you like to spray and pray.
Oi, the Extra Life After Dying Again and Again is a god send when attacking, and playing as a proxy going for objectives.