I was very bullish about Monero for q1 and 2 2018, but i didn't have the current fee situation in mind, and this WILL become a problem if its not solved rather quickly. Crypto will accelerate in 2018 we have seen nothing yet and if monero gets to expensive to use just telling people wait for lightning won't cut it. No matter how good the privacy is. i think the community here underestimates the problem of expensive transactions.
You do know about bulletproofs cutting tx fees by 80% in the next few months, right?
All of the alts are actively working on ways (or already have) to reduce fees and increase scaling. The only crypto that isn't doing anything about it is BTC.