There are enough dedicated LTC pools that I doubt we would get enough Hashrate to make it work.
I think the long block times cause several issues, we either end up with a large number of miners 'stuck' on LTC until we get a block or miners drop in and out and we never get a block, plus it only takes a couple of invalid blocks to drop the returns right off, and (as you say) the pool works on short term profitability which only really works if we get a block in the same sort of timescale as the profitability is worked out over.
Hi Crackfoo
Can you check LTC again - over 24h since we got a block and it has killed scrypt profitability again! I really think we should drop it from the pool, it does give a nice uptick on returns when we do get a block but they take soooo long...
Thanks
the problem is you can't base short term profitability on high diff coins when pool TTF is rather high..... Its a tough decision to make for sure...
Maybe on coins like LTC, add a port specifically for that coin? Might be an interesting idea... but i fear it would not get enough users if configured that way.