How clear are LDs?

If you have bad dream recall, and end up having a LD through MILD, will it still be unclear? Like with my dreams (I'm just started a DJ) I have to think really hard only to remember slight details of my dream. And they are also really short (you can look at my DJ). I have heard that when you become lucid everything instantly becomes clear. But that doesn't make sense to me because if that is true why do you need dream recall? And I know your going to say "So you can remember your LD." But if that is true then if I had a lucid dream tonight it would be very difficult to remember and very unclear and boring.

And by improving my ream recall can I get my dreams to the point where they almost seem like a straight linear story without gaps or things that are unclear?

Well, my recall is meh (a bit better than your, it sounds), but I can perfectly remember both LDs from the beginning of the month.

Dream recall is mainly used to find out dreamsigns and, in my opinion, often answers some questions or problems I have in waking life. Also, for your last question: I don't think so. Our dreams are chained together, but they are in bits. I often ask myself how I got to a place, only to figure that a new REM segment has begun. I'm pretty sure there will always be gaps.

So LDs are usually always clear, no matter how good your recall is?

No LDs aren't always clear. It is usually independent of your recall. One lucid dream may be much more vivid than another. You can also increase the clarity of lucid dreams by stabilizing, or shouting "become clearer". It's just a part of dream control.

Nice name btw.

In my book, a MILD is a placebo-induced DILD. On a scale of 1 - 10, with 10 being as clear as waking life, I'd say my DILDs are the following.

Awareness/consciousness - 7/10
Clarity of surroundings - 8/10

It does depend on the specific dream, though.

As for recall, you do need to be able to remember your dreams. Last night, for instance, I had a lucid, but I didn't remember it until just a few hours ago (and I still can't remember a lot of the details). This is because my recall over the past week has been unusually poor. Lucidity doesn't guarantee a remembered dream.

I have fragmentary dream recall overall but when I have a lucid dream I remember everything - it doesn't have that lost or foggy feeling to it.

For me, dream recall and keeping a dream journal is important even though it might not be directly related to recalling lucid dreams specifically, it keeps me more focused and aware of my dream world, which is huge for me to lucid dream. I tried relaxing my dream recall (got too lazy to wake up enough to write things down for a while there) and my lucid dreaming stopped completely.

My dreams are always crystal clear, and often more vivid than waking life. It's my recall that makes them seem hazy, but all my lucids I am able to remember in detail for a long while after they occur.

I've only been lucid a few times. The last time, the dream was very dark and hazy. Shouting out "Increase Lucidity" Made it clearer.
Really It depends on the dreams, what you do in them, and if you stabilize them.