Dagger Directive Loadouts Hub

Dagger Directive has no battle pass and no armory gate. That makes a loadout hub more important, not less. When everything is legal, the useful question is what survives a one-shot map — not what you unlocked on Tuesday.

This hub splits the problem into three pages. Weapon ranks score official guns after the 1.0 additions (MK18, P90, M17, scoped M32). Role builds turn those guns into ghost, assault, overwatch, and grenadier kits. Gear covers the pouches that actually change a run: drones, mines, NVGs, smokes.

If you want a clickable card instead of a read, open the loadout planner. If you already know the role and need a theater, open the mission planner.

How we rank without a meta patch

There is no weekly balance manifesto. Ranks here are job ranks:

• S — first pick for that job on a serious attempt
• A — equal if you like the handling
• B — works when the map agrees
• C — fun, challenge, or a trap for a first extract

A SAW can be S on a loud Bering break-contact and C on a grass crawl. If a rank surprises you, read the job column, not the letter.

1.0 changed the shelf, not the rule

The finished launch added rails people asked for and a grenade launcher that will tempt every loud brief. It did not add health regen or a second life. Pack as if the first peek can end the session. Getting Started is still the right page if you are choosing a kit before you have chosen a walk bind.

Workshop guns sit beside these lists. They are not ranked here because they change with subscriptions. Workshop explains how to install them without breaking a Co-op lobby.

Suggested reading order

1. Weapon ranks if you already have a role in mind.
2. Role builds if you want a full pouch list.
3. Gear if you keep dying to night or to a door you already cleared.
4. Stealth if the kit is quiet and your feet are not.
5. Ballistics if the kit is long and your zero is a guess.

Come back when a patch adds another rail. Patch history and Version 1.0 are the changelog; this hub is the packing list.