I've tried joining a few pools for mining doge (back in the day when it came out) and a few more coins, and was thinking now to get back into all of that, but is it worth doing it without any crazy gear or miners?
I'd be joining some pool, letting the miner run in the background at about 20-30% depending if I'm doing anything slightly demanding.
This coin is for asics. If you plan to mine it on a video card or processor in the background, then the profit will be minimal.
Try to install nicehash miner and see your profit. They pay with bitcoins. It's better than altcoins.
https://www.nicehash.com/cpu-gpu-mining?