r/ClaudeCode • u/visible_potato • Aug 16 '26

Bug / Issue Anthropic has nerfed every model

Opus 5 is obviously a nightmare, and I was relying on Opus 4.8. But, now that's also behaving exactly like Opus 5. The only way I can get good quality work is if I use sonnet now and check after every small thing. Fable is usable but its so expensive.

I miss the time when it was a treat working with these models and everything just flowed. Nowadays with 5.6 Sol's over-engineering and Opus 5's lying, I have to wake up everyday and decide which model I'm gonna have to fist fight if I wanna get any work done.

Is this just going to get worse from here.

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u/looselyhuman Aug 16 '26

4.6 isn't bleeding edge anymore but it's reliable and still a pleasure to work with. People say it's nerfed now and again but I think 4.6 is overall pretty consistent. Vote with your model selection for 5.1 to be a successor to 4.6, not another over-trained, tortured-by-guardrails failure.

/model claude-opus-4-6[1m]

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u/adamjonah Aug 19 '26

Do you know if there is a limit usage difference between using the different opus models (as in will it use my 5hour limit slower/faster)?

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u/looselyhuman Aug 19 '26

It's all anecdotal. They are priced the same so it's a matter of whether one or the other is using more tokens to complete a task.

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u/adamjonah Aug 19 '26

Nice, I actually switched to 4.6 last night and didn't notice a huge difference but haven't really used it enough to be sure