was the no reload ever fixed?
That option is a bit hit and miss (in my experience). The best advice I can give is to wait for the mission to load, wait for all intro voice overs to finish, and change to your alternate weapon and back. Wait for all the cooldowns on your abilities to finish, then try this option before any others.
Even then it may not work. Some days I've had it work the first time, others I could never get it to function properly no matter how many times I reloaded the game and trainer. It is what it is, I guess.
it sounds like a pain just to get it to work at all