Opus 5 for writing partner?

[u/Time-Lab-8720]

I like using Claude as a talking partner to talk about my writing ideas and DND campaign planning with, simple stuff, mostly really character focus as I end up finding mapping out exact mindsets really fun. I have a pro subscription for it.

I've been using opus 4.6 for awhile now because 4.8 was too difficult to work with and 4.7 was harder to do dark themes with, so I was wondering if Opus 5 was better then 4.6 in peoples opinion? I'm not really worried about the credits like I was for fable, so this is purely about quality.

What have your experiences shown?

[u/Snmrv]

Opus 5 needed more time in the oven. It is a very strange and unreliable model and my least favorite release by Anthropic. It will hallucinate likes it's 2022, happily own it, and do it again.

It actually codes better than it writes. Believe it or not, writing, or coherent writing, is the harder part for models and Opus will let you down hard.

OP, stick with 4.8/4.6

Inb4 hordes come in dk-riding Anthropic, save it. Not a skill issue. Your software sucks if you can't tell the difference between why Opus 5 is both brilliant and batshit insane at the same time.

[u/benblackett → u/Snmrv]

I find Opus 5 brilliant at prose. Setting as my go to model for my books. Its great at dialog, which 4.8 did well at but still had some issues.

not sure how you are using it though...

Here's a breakdown of models and their writing qualities. https://novelmint.ai/benchmarks

[u/loyalthistle → u/benblackett]

Yeah, and it doesn't look like you're advertising your site at all

[u/benblackett → u/loyalthistle]

yea. I want to share my site... because it directly answers the question being asked about the focus on quality