I know what you mean. It seems that in most of my LDs, my lucidity level is fairly low. I have little to no control over the dream environment (only over my own actions), and I don't think things out clearly and do the things that I know I should do and can do to improve upon my lucidity and control. Other times, it seems that I can think almost as clearly as I do when awake, and those are the really cool dreams, where I can do what I want, where I want, when I want, and with whoever I want. Those are rare.