These days most of the coins unnecessary go to the hardfork phase just to create the hyip  and attract the investors. This trend is not so successful if the only mission is to attract the investors. If Obyte has to be valuable, they need to bring is some use cases which actually make people buy the coin.

The only advantage Obyte has currently is its very limited supply which can make the price grow up very quickly, provided investors show interest in this coin.