ZenCash has a few strengths. It has committed devs - that hasn't shown through the last fortnight because of the nightmare resulting from one individual's conduct - but over months it should show through. Masternodes also should definitely offer support for price increase, although my view is the number of coins required to be held needs to be higher than the 42 so far suggested to effectively support price.
I thought the Zen dev team response to and resolution of movrcx's departure was very well executed. They quickly gathered the appropriate resources, determined the root cause, developed a fix, and successfully implemented it all while being transparent with the community. Their behavior and performance during a crisis speaks strongly. A smooth secure node implementation is the next step to rebuilding confidence. If successful, it will hopefully support higher prices.
I agree. You can really get a good read of someone's character by how they respond to a crisis. This dev team responded very well, and they seem very committed.