As we all know it when bitcoin price goes down, most of the coins are heading down too. That's because bitcoin it is the Heart of all coins if its sound then all of the coins are good, if it's Bad then all of the coins are going down too. most of the time other coins are following the bitcoin price. just look up the market right now.
This is so far, but it would be better to have complete independence, then only the most stable and profitable remained among the alts. Others would not have survived simply. And competition with bitcoin would be tougher.