Honestly, I hope it works out, and any of these potential obstacles can be overcome or simply clarified. I'm not trying to lose anyone money, and I held some sync myself.
However, people should know some of the risks involved in this particular instance so they can make more informed choices. Too often these threads are a bunch of people just telling each other how many Ferrari's they are going to own when it all takes off, rather than being more hardheaded about their investments. Either that, or they wilfully ignore and shout down any glaring issues just to pump their assets and leave some other sucker with the bag. Which is scummy behaviour.
A realistic conversation should be possible.
Sorry to see you steped out temporarily

You can always jump back on, just don't miss the boat.
Even if theoretically, the dev is a scammer. I don't think he can really skip out on us with much profit at this point. LOL.
Yes realistic conversations are good. Realisticly, we can all pull together and create a positive community. We can't write off the coin this easily. People were selling 10000 DRK for 0.25 BTC before. That was REAL.
The dev does need to address the main concerns in a more professional manner. Let's give him some time to come up with a honest explanation. It must not be easy to be you right now, but we can pull through this
Perhaps we need a bigger team and to be active on IRC. Who is on there?