It's not surprising that you like the Payday games. Payday is not a game about being stealthy, and while it is a "crime" game, the main thing to remember is that Payday & Payday 2 are about what happens when the stealth fails and things are going out of control fast.
@George Leung a suit+rouge is better for dodge on highest difficulties, also when you are new (like Jo i would imagine) armour tends to be better for loud because enemies do less damage.
Reminded me of this mobile/browser diablo clone where one level you had infiltrate a bandit camp to steal their invasion plans so your city can properly prepare. At the end, I'm like "here's the plans, tough there's no more bandits left to attack us..."
The fact that no one is running Dodge build for loud...
Seriously, unless they changed dodge mechanics even more since the original End-of-developmenet, Dodge/light Vest + grinder (Mayhem) . Anarchist (DS+) is still the best
I will say that i am impressed that you manage to do stealth that fast. Also could i ask what perk deck you are using? If it is the Yakuza, Burglar, or Hacker one (since you are doing stealth).