Increasing masternode count is useless if the price continues to drop. The idea was that as masternodes increases the price will go up. But it so far doesn't go up which means: More masternodes=less payment/per masternode ->leads to-> dumping of masternode darkcoins-> leads to downward death spiral.
On the contrary.... More Masternodes > leads to > stable foundation of network > leads to > trust > leads to > preferred coin of choice > leads to growth in usage > leads to > new services build upon the masternode network > leads to > more usage > leads to > darkonomy/ecosystem > leads to higher prices for Dark