Start a new chat from any saved loadout
The sidebar's New chat button gains a small arrow: pick a saved loadout and a new chat starts with it, in one click.
Next to the plus that starts a new chat, an arrow lists your saved loadouts with how many skills each carries. Pick one and it becomes the loadout new sessions start with, and a new chat opens with it straight away; there is no trip to the Inventory first. With nothing saved yet, the list says so and points you to the Inventory to save one.