Another issue is the lack of dedicated Megacoin mining pools to spread things out -- the only (active) mining pool I am aware of was at multipool.us when the reward halving took place...and most people decided to just switch to the multipool port since they were already there.
I have a new pool almost ready - total build of the pool software from ground up. I am working full time on it and should be ready within 7 days - its mostly finished but its always the last 10% that seems to take the longest
.Looks awesome -- as soon as you roll this out I'll be there. 7 days should be good timing as the network should be getting back on its feet by then.