I was wondering…
i found all these different techs on this forum, but it seems that most people had their LDs with DILD, just spotting the dream signs and doing the RCs and voila!!!
So what was your tech? actually FILD, vild, wild, mild? or the good old RC?
the techs seem so great and then only once in a while i read about someone actually using them with sucess… 
The only LD I had so far came with DILD but I’m trying RC and WILD now.
Heh, it’s the other way around for me. 
I never had any direct success with RCs so far (as in, doing a RC in my dream and then being lucid), but I did have luck with techs. 
I did have DILDs though. The main difference I saw between DILDs and WILDs (using techniques) was that WILDs were always way more vivid. This could be just with me though.
I had 1 LD so far, and it was by RC’s, but I had only 1, so you’d better ask more experienced person than me.
I’ve had success twice with MILD and RC’s. Have yet to successfully pull off an actual technique. Got really close with WILD once. I’m working on VILD this week.
I seriously doubt that there can be anything like RC vs TECHs. RC’s have to make a habit, but also learn to quesion reality of everything around you. So, it’s basis of all DILD kind of LD’s. MILD and autosuggestion makes same thing - it helps to question reality in dream. So, you got trought in “Wow, it’s so odd, it must be… a dream?” kind. Way to lucidcy is easy then - you have to check is that dream or not. What’s easiest way to check reality ? RC, of course !
RC’s works also in another way - you are doing RC in dream by habit. But you HAVE to make that question - “Am I dreaming ?”. If you won’t, nothing is going to happen. Or you will not notice weirdness, or there won’t be any.
RC’s should lead to questioning reality in dream. It’s exacly same thing as MILD and autosuggestion does.
i wonder because VILD and FILD for example seem really great but i havent read many posts of them working except for people that “invented” them…
do i even try working with them?
They are not so common. Which don’t means they aren’t succesful. Someone can think that WILD is easy, but FILD not. For another person WILD can be way too hard, but FILD was working with nearly 100% succes. Keep in mind that everyone is diffrent. Method that don’t works for someone, can be best tech for you.
I tried FILD a few times, WBTB with MILD, WILD once, and autosuggestion almost every single night, but as I said - The only LD that I ever had was when I did a RC.
BTW. I just saw your lucid cola topic, Duck. It’s very cool