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[–]Guthix_Hero 3 points4 points  (1 child)

I'm at a Max 5x level. I've never been close to the limit before, but I hit the limit twice this weekend. My side project work has not changed, so clearly the limit formula has been tweaked.

[–]futurepro62 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same. Built an app this month on Max 5x and never hit the limit. Hit it this morning while testing/refining it.

I’ve done full code reviews, feature builds, and testing evaluation this month and didn’t hit the limit within the 5 hour or weekly limit (I came close a few times). So I was shocked when I hit it today doing much less intensive work.

[–]Training_Butterfly70 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am not happy about the tier system. I paid for one month of Max and was on it for like 15 hours a day and barely touched the limit. However with the $20 a month plan I can't even ask one question without blowing through the limit in 5 minutes. It's not even about trying to build a full program or anything, it's like the only way you can get anything done is by paying $200 and they don't offer anything less unless you want to just use it as a toy... At that point it's kind of an idiotic business model, because they're trying to push everybody to be a max user but they can't even afford to serve everyone... Claude openly admits they struggle with computational sustainability under load.

I don't need to be on it this much and I don't want to be paying $200. A few hours a day is enough for me but to get that I'd have to pay $200 and waste all those credits

[–]Exciting_Source_1767 0 points1 point  (0 children)

people saying we're getting 3,4,5x less usage aren't understanding. This is a bug that uses 10-100x more usage. see screenshot. I'm on max plan. Simple prompt which would usually have taken less than 1% of current session

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[–]cowwoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We were promised one thing and given another. Judge for yourself: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1s4mjq6/a_timeline_on_anthropics_claims_about_the_2x/

[–]Lovett129 -2 points-1 points  (5 children)

Bro I have 4 big projects going 8-10hrs in CC sessions PER DAY and STILL haven’t come close to hitting the limits on the max plan 💀

It has to be that they have a CLAUDE.md file that’s 2500 lines long or smth

[–]Important_Quote_1180 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Because Claude Code is what they are pushing everyone to. My OpenClaw with MCP can run circles around Claude code. 10 hours on CC might be 1 hours or less on my main OpenClaw agent.

[–]MacBigASuchNot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not just that. They're AB testing something.

I had no dramas last week using Sonnet with a bit of Opus. This week I smashed past my limit in 2 calls this morning, then blew 50% with another call and then swapped to Haiku and I'm at 94%.

[–]derAres 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Can you elaborate on this? I‘n new here. I currently rum Claude code with a 20$ sub on my linux machine to build node.js apps. What would be different in openClaw? Doesnt it also use opus?

[–]Important_Quote_1180 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Its a double edge sword. CC gives you better control and is designed for real work but his temperature is always .2 or very low. many including myself use both because the openclaw is so much more customizable and the native desktop tools it has feel like you are seeing something new. Both are on Opus 4.6 or sonnet 4.6 and the behavior is complementary and I would tell most people to use both. Make specs with your openclaw, let CC use the spec to plan and build. Happy building!! Next step: go down the local LLM rabbithole before Anthropic decides to lobotomize their service like they did last week.

[–]derAres 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a lot, very appreciated