>>8616817
What was it that impressed you? I threw a bunch of prompts at it and didn't see much of a difference. Didn't even include 1+29 or 102d custom because they're even more similar to base v-pred.

I think bottom line every merge is just some mix ratio of illu+noob with diluted knowledge and a different base style. As soon as you prompt an artist above 300 pics or add a lora, all the checkpoints sort of drift together.