u/thechimplord

Pro account user here - today, I ran out of my 5 hour usage limit with TWO creative writing prompts, using what I usually use: Opus 4.6, medium effort, extended thinking on, cross-chat memory turned OFF, and every other setting on default. Normally it takes anywhere from 50-100 prompts of the same complexity and scope as the ones I wrote today to hit my 5 hour limit. Tried using some credits to run a couple of test prompts (one of them in a different chat altogether) just to see if it was a bad prompt(s) and made Claude freak out and burn up my usage, which has happened a couple times in the past in a few isolated incidents (but never more than once in a session). Using credits, mine normally cost between $0.03 to $0.15 per prompt (again, my prompts today haven't been any more complex than normal); so, needless to say, when the three additional test prompts I did today cost $3.56, $3.80 and $5.10 respectively - the $5.10 one happening AFTER I deleted a bunch of chats, thinking that maybe somehow my global token usage had passed a certain threshold - I was very surprised, and pretty pissed off. The chats that these happened in were nowhere near the longest ones I've run, with one having only 1 .md that I made it reference on occasion and the other having none. For comparison, I've had up to 5 on past chats that I reference CONSTANTLY without (usage) issues across all currently available Opus models. Does anyone know what is going on here? Has anyone else noticed this today specifically?

Have been waiting for the new Bolt Action game by Frag Games to come out on Steam, but after seeing some gameplay footage I'm a bit concerned about how it's shaping up. Has anyone here tried BA on Tabletop Simulator? If so, is it any good? I've never played Tabletop Sim before in any capacity

Does adding the Stielgranate option to a Pak36 stop you from using other ammunition types (HE and AP)? The wording of the option ("From 1942 onwards a Pak36 can include Stielgranate 41 ammunition") makes it sound like you're taking it in addition to AP and HE, not replacing them

Got into BA late last fall after a friend introduced me, and I love the game. He's also a very competent painter/baser, so after playing a bunch of games with him I got inspired and during black friday bought all the neccesary supplies to paint myself. But after getting a few of my vet german models to about 70% completion or so I felt totally burnt out. With the help of some YT tutorials and my friend giving me plenty of tips I'm actually quite pleased with how they've come along for my first models, but any enjoyment in the process has pretty much evaporated - painting was almost meditative when I first started on these, but between getting a feel for thinning paints correctly, knowing how many layers to put on what (kit vs uniform, metal, etc.) and fixing mistakes, it got to a point where it felt like a chore. I'm not using advanced techniques or anything either - no line highlighting, shadowing, or anything crazy, and the paint scheme is a that of a very basic, early-war german uniform/kit. Haven't touched them for a couple months now, and even the idea of just finishing the models i started feels like an borderline-insurmountable pain in the ass.

So - any advice from experienced painters out there for a beginner who's struggling with burnout? At this point I'm kind of tempted to sell all my paints and brushes, but I cant help but feel like I'll regret not giving it another chance. Not looking for technique suggestions per se: the workflow my friend taught me is straightforward and basic enough.