The difference between LTC and DRK is LTC not bringing anything new to the table over BTC. The decreased block generation time, increased maximum number of coins, different hashing algorithm are tiny improvements. The coin only gained value due to ASICs entering the race. It was a save heaven to the miners that could no longer get a ROI.
DRK is bringing a lot to the table. Darksend, Masternodes so far, and it's still open to hardforks if major changes are needed/planned. This is a massive thing that differentiate it from LTC and BTC, both of which are against hard forks. This means we can still make ground breaking changes to the coin where LTC and BTC are as is.
Yep, all that is true, don't get me wrong I'm not championing LTC in the slightest I sold all of those months ago and I said above I think its dying. LTC doesn't offer a lot over BTC but at the time of its creation it did. It only looks like no real advantages in hindsight due to all the features the new alts have.
I'm also not arguing that DRK's features aren't desirable at all or that at least at the time it was one of the first cryptos to go after anonymity, what Im saying is that I don't see it going back to 0.025 and definitely not if BTC goes on a major rally. As said, my opinion.