Heya,

For me its the other way around.

WILDs start very vague and fragile, and need immediate grounding and stabilising to make the dream more vivid or I risk losing it as soon as it starts. The start of a WILD for me is very much similar to the end of a DILD, where you feel yourself so close to awakening the dream its hanging on by a threat. If I stabilize it, it can become as vivid and intense as any dream, but not necessarily more so (that is, it can become extremely vivid and intense, even more so then waking, but that's the same for DILDs and even regular dreams for me as well).

DILDs, on the other hand, usually start very vivid and grounded, unless I'm having one when I'm very close to waking up. But any DILD that starts in due to sudden realisation in the dream itself usually has the advantage of already being grounded and going strong. I usually don't need to ground it, not until it starts ending.

Just my experience,

-Redrivertears-