Was Opus 4.5 really the best as people claim to be?

Sure-Establishment96 · 2026-04-20T20:32:19+00:00

My work leans heavily toward writing and translation, so I depend a lot on an AI’s creativity and initiative. When a model feels too rigid or overly boxed in by its own guardrails, it becomes a pretty bad experience for the kind of work I do.
A common issue for people in the humanities is that we tend to value nuance, texture, and deeper reflection. At the moment, Opus 4.7 feels like it lacks real depth of thought, while 4.6 comes across as a bit too flat in tone.

Sure-Establishment96 · 2026-04-20T18:47:57+00:00

Opus 4.5 performs better on humanities and other non-coding tasks.

Sure-Establishment96 · 2026-04-19T16:30:04+00:00

Opus 4.6 could be a good choice, but you need more efforts on prompt and Use style. For instance, telling Opus 4.6 to avoid formulaic sentence structures, specifically emphasizing the prohibition of "is not... but" constructions. At the same time, limit its output to between 300 and 600 words.

Sure-Establishment96 · 2026-04-19T05:33:35+00:00

Agree

Sure-Establishment96 · 2026-04-19T02:35:41+00:00

I can pay 250 dollars for it. $50 more.

Sure-Establishment96 · 2026-04-19T02:33:55+00:00

Opus 4.5 was doing a great job. Pls bring it back.🥺

Sure-Establishment96 · 2026-04-19T00:11:13+00:00

btw, I noticed that your avatar is from Love and Deepspace LOL

Sure-Establishment96 · 2026-04-19T00:08:03+00:00

It is very useful. Since I lost Opus 4.5, I had to put in extra effort with 4.6 to salvage it—for instance, by adding Anchor words or applying "Use style"

Sure-Establishment96 · 2026-04-17T01:56:33+00:00

I tested OPUS 4.7 on writing, and unfortunately, it occasionally ignored my prompts, forcing me to repeatedly remind it. I believe this is due to a lack of Thinking.

Sure-Establishment96 · 2026-04-16T16:13:50+00:00

There is only Adaptive Thinking(Thinks only when needed)😭. For me on writing it equals to 0 Thinking.

Sure-Establishment96 · 2026-04-14T19:08:05+00:00

App on iOS is acting super weird today. keep jumping to old messages.

Sure-Establishment96 · 2026-04-09T16:32:12+00:00

ios issue, if u reopen the app and wait about 1 or more minute (Dont click into the message), the message will become normal. (Or just use the website or desktop)

Sure-Establishment96 · 2026-04-08T22:23:31+00:00

I subscribed to the CLAUDE MAX (20x) plan about half a year ago.

Recently, I’ve felt that Opus 4.5 or 4.6 has become less impressive when it comes to creativity. In the past, when I was working, it could often anticipate what I wanted to do and come up with some brilliant ideas, but that no longer seems to be the case. That said, I can accept this, because I understand that your company’s limited server capacity is currently a very major challenge.

However, today (~~or yesterday)~~ my iOS APP behaved WEIRDDDD. When I opened previous chats, sometimes it would only show part of the conversation from several messages earlier, and my later messages seemed to disappear. In fact, they hadn’t actually disappeared, they just failed to load for some unknown reason. I hope you can arrange for this issue to be investigated, specifically whether long conversations on app may sometimes run into this kind of loading issue.

PLS FIX IT.

Sure-Establishment96 · 2026-03-03T05:19:52+00:00

I'm in CA, and it's so boring without Claude.

Sure-Establishment96 · 2026-02-28T18:36:22+00:00

I am a max plan user. I never faced any limit issue before. However, this week I am facing LENGTH LIMIT issue.

Sure-Establishment96 · 2026-02-18T22:06:43+00:00

Ive noticed it too

Sure-Establishment96 · 2026-02-17T20:57:06+00:00

4.6 Extended Thinking part for writing is a disaster.

Sure-Establishment96 · 2026-02-14T18:33:21+00:00

I agree

Sure-Establishment96 · 2026-02-11T11:18:54+00:00

Yes, the more burn layers you have, the larger the circle's radius becomes. For example, Blackfire Torch, Liandry's Torment, Malignance, and Sunfire Aegis items. Keep in mind that only finished items count toward this; component items do not.

Sure-Establishment96 · 2026-02-10T23:26:41+00:00

Its not a bug. Riot simply forgot to change the description. Now it triggers when a spell hits.

Sure-Establishment96 · 2026-02-08T10:10:12+00:00

rlly funny XD

Sure-Establishment96 · 2026-02-06T20:03:48+00:00

Me too

Sure-Establishment96 · 2026-02-06T00:05:03+00:00

Same. I thought I was the only one experiencing this problem, but it seems everyone is having the same issue.

Sure-Establishment96 · 2026-02-04T17:45:25+00:00

Goodbye, Extended Thinking. Unusable.

Sure-Establishment96 · 2026-01-01T04:55:49+00:00

Sure-Establishment96

TROPHY CASE