Specifically for infantry dropsuits, I can easily see things spiralling out of control into a VERY long list of different loadouts for different situations. On top of that, only one favourite? What gives?

Having a way to select your favourite/most used loudouts out of the list (say by marking them as a favourite, and then putting them all at the top of the loadout list in battle) would be very helpful, that way I don't have to sort through the starter loadouts and goodness knows how many others I might make as obscure one off counters to particularly annoying tactics or situations.

A lot of the onus for what I'm suggesting is probably on the player for doing this kind of compulsive organization, but I still think it'd be a helpful feature.

This would be helpful - But until this is done - I find it easier to come up with a naming scheme for my loadouts that tell me exactly which one is which and what it has. Being a logibro this has helped me to figure out what loadout has the gear I need to support my team.