Dividends from the main nodes will be profitable, while TRC's value remains unclear, and I think better to continue to collect Stored in the wallet, which may be part of the main node, will bring more profit from time to time.
I think what you are saying is, "Dividends (rewards) from masternodes may not be profitable, during the current price fluctuations, and it may be better to just store TRC in your local wallet. Then you can sell them during spike profit periods."
You can do that if you want. I would never disparage someone for making a profit. Remember I am originally a trader of cryptocoins.
I think the difference in this case is that Terracoin has really been moving forward. Sure, hold your coins for the next 5 or 6 weeks, but look at the accomplishments that have happened in the past few months.
A new website
Testing of new DASH code is happening
A white board video/youtube channel
masternodes.pro has been funded
Look at the growth of the community which I just posted in my most recent weekly update.
I do think we will probably experience another pump and dump before the hard fork, so pick up 5,000 TRC now (or more if you want to play with it), and just wait it out.
I half agree with your feedback, and I totally understand where you are coming from, but I am going to set up masternodes as fast as possible after the hard fork.