At this point investing in any altcoin is a high risk gamble. Everyone thought Litecoin was going to the moon and would forever be silver to Bitcoin's gold.
One thing is for certain: if you want your altcoin to succeed, you need to be bringing more than just a wallet and "good community" to the table.
Add youre first point i agree.
Digibyte already brought some really good things one of them is Digishield and the new multi-algo update is not just a wallet.
http://www.digibyte.co/digishieldThe roadmap/Digimap i see this as a real business plan and really think this a good way to approach.
http://www.digibyte.co/digi-roadmapTime will tell and it's always good to discuss things like this.