I like the features this coin offers but the name...
No coin will ever become mainstream with the name "darkcoin/blackcoin", sorry, it's just not happening, regardless of new features. No way, 0% chance.
I think you're right but I'm no marketing expert. If drk devs get some proper marketing advice, they might think about other names.
people kept saying that it is horrible about Vertcoin that it is translated to Vert = green. Now a few weeks after that, I don't see any posts about that anymore.