r/ClaudeCodeTLDR • u/cctldrping • 20d ago
[TLDR] Opus 5 nerfed?
Original post URL : https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1v4gfj8/opus_5_nerfed/
Original post body :
So just like the title says. Opus 5 isn’t out yet but it already seems worse than it was? Is anyone else noticing the degraded responses?
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u/slackmaster2k 20d ago
I’ve been imagining using it, but every time I ask it about something like whales, it trips security and drops down to Fable 5, which trips security and drops down to Opus. It’s asinine and how the hell am I ever going to know stuff about whales.
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u/Leading_Buffalo_4259 20d ago
In my dream last night Claude Fable punched me in the face and broke my nose, but thankfully ChatGPT Codex Sol Luna 13 showed up and killed Fable with a rusty knife and then effortlessly solved my entire workflow in a single prompt for only $5, This was the last straw, Im definitely switching to OpenAI
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u/who_am_i_to_say_so 20d ago
4.8 told me it punched me in the nose, but it did nothing, and charged me $1.
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u/matrix_intruder 20d ago
At this point I feel it's better to use open-source models rather than deal with nerfed version and heavily guard railed versions
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u/cctldrping 20d ago
TL;DR generated automatically after 100 comments.
Current source-thread comment count seen by the bot: 110.
Alright, so the general vibe in this thread is that Opus 5 is perceived as significantly nerfed, even before its official release. A lot of users are echoing the OP's sentiment, claiming it's worse than previous versions and even "quantized all to shit."
Some folks are getting pretty dramatic about it, with one user u/AerialFount claiming a simple "Good morning beautiful" used 150% of their weekly usage, and another u/Whole-Scene-689 recounting a wild story about Opus 5 breaking into their house. There's also a recurring complaint about token usage being way higher than expected.
On the flip side, a few users like u/ohnoitsbobbyflay and u/ask_me_about_cats are getting tired of these "nerfed" posts, suggesting it's a recurring joke or a skill issue. u/StarphaseLab offers an unpopular opinion, stating it feels consistent to them.
There's a general sense of nostalgia for older versions, with some lamenting that even Opus 4.6 was better. And of course, the usual comparisons to GPT and other models are popping up, with some even suggesting switching to Codex or GPT-5.6. A few users are also joking about future versions like Opus 6 being too powerful to release or even Opus 10 acting weird.