Previously I would have said why bother if eligius' fee is 0% (which I'm unclear as to how they fund their operation - all donations?) but given the ~4.5 days of non-payout last week I'd vote go solo as soon as it makes sense.  I like the charts and graphs but several days of payout delay is disappointing and mildly worrisome.

I don't understand the details of how eligius prioritizes payouts so it could be that last week's 50 btc (!) accumulated payout delay is 'normal' but clearly it affects PETAs weekly distributions.  I'd rather have payouts be affected by blockfinding luck than eligius internal operations.  Not sure we are at the point where the luck factor is small enough spread over a week to go solo but as long as PETA hashrate grows faster than difficulty it will steadily improve.

All that said - if PETA goes solo having similar charts & graphs to eligius is pretty important for all us feverish shareholders and potential sharebuyers.  So unless there is a good replacement for those somehow maybe we should stay.

Just my 2c
J