Sonnet 3.7 has ruined RP for me

Okay, to preface--I actually wasn't a fan of Sonnet 3.5. Not even the little use I had on Opus was enticing compared to the customized setup I had on smaller Qwen and Llama fine tunes. R1 was a different experience, in a good way, but still a bit too repetitive and unhinged for my taste.

Out of curiosity, I decided to try Sonnet 3.7. I realize now that was a huge mistake.

The level of attention to detail, storytelling, and acting ability that Sonnet has is absolutely bonkers. The problem is that is expensive as hell, and now no matter what I do none of the models I use((even newer 70b finetunes with DRY and XTC))feel good to use anymore because the quality is just...not there in comparison OTL

I feel like I've kind of screwed myself until something similar to 3.7 becomes available as an API for a cheaper price. I don't even feel like touching Sillytavern now Dx