That's why our approach is always going to be on pushing our 'brand' and what we represent out there as well as working on infrastructure and uses for the actual coin. We are actively working on a number of forks/ideas and wallets to test right now but we wanted to get the new Marketplace and Steps in full gear beforehand. I've been called stubborn and in some ways I am, but every time we've stuck to our guns since Jan. and taken a more measured approach we've been more or less right. Now I know it unfortunately hasn't helped our price short-term, but it's stopped us from dying medium-term. We believe you simply cannot just jump on every bandwagon these coins try to jump on to get a short-term value rise.
Once again, very well said Rofo. Everything you said is spot on.
While it is painful and disheartening to see the price drop further than we thought it could ever go, it is still VERY early days. Especially for Noble!
Treat these currencies like companies. Invest in the ones that have the best director, community, future planning and dedication and you will be minimising the chances of losing your investment. Remember that at this stage the investors (you), have as much power to make or break a coin as it's creator.
Unfortunately I speak from experience when I say; no matter how many new (flavour of the week) coins you invest in, you will probably never be one of the 1% that makes a profit.
Thankfully my ethos has always been to invest in long term coins and I have seen many 'fad' coins come and go in the 5 odd months since I got started.
In regards to the POW/POS/X11/anon war, IMO we already have the answer. The only algo we need is what LTC had all along. If it wasn't near perfect it wouldn't have survived the first 6 months of existence. Although, anonymity is somewhat important and as far as I can see the only truly useful advancement to the crypto scene since POW scrypt was implemented.
While Noble doesn't (yet) have all the latest/new features, ultimately that isn't going to affect it's potential.
See why Noble is right to stay as it is for now (first 2 posts):
https://litecointalk.org/index.php?topic=18166.0