The faster they rise, the harder they fall. EMC2 is building a solid foundation. 900-1000 satoshi for epoch 2 is fine with me.
I'm sure dev team will have another algo fully tested but won't implement it unless necessary.
-tb-
They did in fact text X11 on the testnet a while back
If EMC2 went for X11 it would have tanked very hard after the pump on Kimoto Gravity exploit. DigiShield is probably the best option for now. All other algorithms need special settings and most shy away, even I couldn't get say Scrypt-N to mine, had some issues with X11 .. but it's just easier this way.
If it ain't broken, don't fix it...