In my opinion ETC always will be how ltc, little brother of etherium.
If developers can implements something extra ordinary, simply classic have only one they dont fork blockchain after hacking the DAO
I would suggest to buy ETC now that the value is still low and 2nd, invest. Because the bigger you invest, the bigger profit you received. But the most important thing is patience, because you need a lot of patience in waiting for your profit. In every investment, of course long term is needed because I believe that this will give us a bigger profit.