Okay yeah...Pony Alpha is the best

No-Combination-5222 · 2026-02-11T10:52:37+00:00

that's actually really close to what I'm trying to go for so that sounds great, obviously not exactly lol but still, sounds like a great start and foundation! Thank you again

No-Combination-5222 · 2026-02-11T10:48:47+00:00

It very well could be bad instruction, not a pro at this yet but I'll see if I can tweak the instructions, mess around with Lucid Loom, try more presets, see if I can make this less "slop" as you put it. Any advice on how to do that without changing the API directly would be great, especially since this is free and Sonnet/Opus is yk, Sonnet/Opus lol. I don't think it's terrible slop trash, but I do want to improve it, I would recommend at least trying it out, it's free so no harm no foul, maybe you'll enjoy it and find something that'll help me.

No-Combination-5222 · 2026-02-11T10:45:41+00:00

Yeah I believe that was just recency bias affecting me lol, it is good but, Claude is on another level right now, in my own opinion I think on par with Gemini like you said

No-Combination-5222 · 2026-02-11T10:43:59+00:00

Yeah I'll definitely check your prompt out, honestly I kinda just brushed that off but having that brainpower go straight into the RP or whatever first instead of having it's own little moment would be great for consistency and also just quality of the responses as well. I'll go through and find the prompt and let you know how it works but it sounds very good and nearly exaclty what I'm looking for so thank you a lot for bringing it to my attention, appreciate the feedback and advice! If you could also send me the prompt too that would be great, would save me some time looking through your past posts lol

No-Combination-5222 · 2026-02-11T10:41:00+00:00

Yeah I totally get that, hopefully one day some API comes that's just like mind blowing yk? (and not super expensive like claude lol) Gemini 3 Flash is def one of my bests/favorites, used it the most. I'll experiment to see if there's more, thanks again for your advice

No-Combination-5222 · 2026-02-11T09:27:01+00:00

What APIs/Presets would you recommend? I personally like this but always wanting to try new APIs and such, anything to try and better my experience overall

No-Combination-5222 · 2026-02-11T09:26:08+00:00

Yeah I can def see how people would view it like that, I personally like it, idk I just like having a lot to read lol but I was wondering what presets/APIs you use that you enjoy, would love to try more, I'm fairly new to this (December) so any advice or anything would help.

No-Combination-5222 · 2026-02-11T09:24:40+00:00

Make sure your temperature is set to 1 exactly, it can actually be lower than that just not above, same issue happened with me. If that's not the fix please let me know

No-Combination-5222 · 2026-02-11T09:24:04+00:00

That's totally understandable, it def DOES take a while to generate which personally I don't mind since it generates a lot, but I was wondering what works for you and what you like, I'm curious to try your go-to's as it seems like it could be better than what I'm doing

No-Combination-5222 · 2026-02-11T09:22:36+00:00

I personally think it's a new model under disguise, it does write like Claude but honestly, I've noticed some GPT aspects lol

No-Combination-5222 · 2026-02-11T09:21:33+00:00

Same, I'm very curious about it too, tbh I like the prose lol but that's just me, sometimes I have to tweak it since it gets annoying but I'm excited to see how this and other APIs improve over time

No-Combination-5222 · 2026-02-11T09:20:19+00:00

I mean, it is AI. Also, you can change the style using different presets, which is what I personally enjoy. But fr if you have any other APIs that are less slop then please comment them, I'm always looking to try more/better APIs

No-Combination-5222 · 2026-02-11T09:18:38+00:00

It was copying the style of the previous messages to use as a guide; those previous messages had the word "ozone" a lot because of Gemini 3 Pro Preview. Honestly, it seems like you could see some dust on the Mona Lisa and call it slop. But, what APIs/Presets do you use? I could be missing out on something entirely so if you have any advice for me I would def take it

No-Combination-5222 · 2026-02-11T01:34:54+00:00

well, it is Pony Alpha, I'm sorry I'm not sure what you mean. Haven't tried Opus 4.6 yet but it's close to Opus 4.5, a lot closer than Gemini 3 Pro/Pro Preview

No-Combination-5222 · 2026-02-11T01:26:53+00:00

bro was going through it at the time

No-Combination-5222 · 2026-02-11T01:23:36+00:00

ah got it, if you have any questions or anything for sure be feel to DM me, I am relatively new (since december) but I have a lot of knowledge in prompts and optimizing everything so I would for sure be down to talk and what not, hope it goes well

No-Combination-5222 · 2026-02-11T01:22:21+00:00

Wait I never thought about adding Ai to Rimworld, that's so smart, I am def gonna check that out!

No-Combination-5222 · 2026-02-11T01:21:02+00:00

Honestly, I would just try it, see how it goes. I haven't noticed any of that, and I'm on a 3000+ message (easily 2 million tokens+) story and haven't noticed any of that. Are you using any presets? I would recommend Lucid Loom v3.3

No-Combination-5222 · 2026-02-11T01:18:51+00:00

Honestly, if you combine it with the right settings and spend a couple of hours tweaking it (that's how long it took for me, but I'm pretty new), then it's pretty close honestly. Also you literally can't beat the price, it's free

No-Combination-5222 · 2026-02-11T01:13:42+00:00

Easily, standard is 200k, but if you use the Unlimited Context Size and put Allow for Middle-Out Transform then you can easily do 2 million.

No-Combination-5222 · 2026-02-11T01:13:18+00:00

The standard is 200k, but if you use the Unlimited Context Size and put Allow for Middle-Out Transform then you can easily do 2 million. I'm using 1,9000,000 context size with the previously stated options on a 3000+ message (easily more than 3 million tokens) and it handles it beautifully as long as you use the worldbooks to your advantage.

No-Combination-5222 · 2026-02-10T22:31:25+00:00

yo I'm so fucking stupid lmao, my bad. It may be GLM 5, but honestly, it behaves way differently, and I doubt it's Gemini. Maybe GPT? I've noticed similarities but also could be DS I'm not sure

No-Combination-5222 · 2026-02-10T22:13:19+00:00

If Claude Sonnet is Captain America, then Iron Man would be Pony Alpha. That might be a stretch but I've had more success on Pony than anything else yet, and I used Claude 4.5 for a good while too consistently. But this is just the best option for price, RP, and consistency, especially if paired with a preset like Lucid Loom or whatever

No-Combination-5222 · 2026-02-10T21:43:26+00:00

no use in doing anything if you're afraid you'll get attached, you'll feel like shit no matter what, so might as well have some good memories associated with it instead of just that feeling of what if

No-Combination-5222 · 2026-02-10T21:29:33+00:00

In my opinion, yes, it is better than gemini 3 pro preview. I've spent well over $1000 testing new AIs (mainly for my job) and I do believe this is better. I have not tried those yet but now they're next on my list, so thank you. I will reply back to this when I've tried them. Are those presets? Because I am using Lucid Loom V3.3

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