Overly verbose responses

I’m really struggling with 5.4. Instant doesn’t feel strong enough in its reasoning, and when I use thinking mode, I find the answers are really verbose, and the responses are super repetitive. It seems to latch onto one point I made and then keeps hammering on about it in multiple responses long after I’ve already understood and moved on to a different topic, to the point it can start to feel a bit condescending.

I’m not sure if anyone else has noticed this, but I haven’t really had the same issue with the other models previously.

I’ve tried changing the personalisation settings and every toggle I can think of, but it keeps reverting to the same pattern.

Any tips would be appreciated.