Vertcoin has been amazing so far.
1. Development - the development team has been doing a stellar job so far as volunteers and as people who are not taking pay from the projects in the form of developer's fees, premine or anything of that sort. Throughout the bear market they've been around, delivering even though they're not obliged to. Keeping my eyes peeled for more coming from the team for sure!
While I appreciate the volunteer aspect, we should take note that about a year ago to this day there were well over $100,000 worth of VTC in donations. Since then its dwindled to less than $10,000 due to the price drop but those coins are still there. Its high time the devs take some of that donation money out, get paid, and get more done. I personally donated thousands of VTC alone so far and it would be nice to see more results.