In this day and age the time of quick buck coins is in, most dev's just keep pumping the same kind of coins out just with features we have all seen before, as soon as there is buy support dumps happen then people move on & the next coin comes into play leaving the bagholders "Hoping" for some retribution, it's just one giant ponzi scheme for copy/paste devs.
These Pump & Dump groups are the main cause of the Altcoin problem, they get everyone on the edge of their seat with price then boom, no-one knows what just hit them.
In the last 6 months there has been very few coins that have survived the altcoin boom, in saying that there is actual "competent" Dev's out there that are working towards their cause & showing commitment and sticking with their coin.
I can tell you of a few but that would be Biased.
Just DYOR (Do your own research) on the coins features, developers skills, commitment & to also make sure they aren't hiding behind a shill account (if they were that keen on their own coin they would make a name for themselves globally, everyone knows what Bitcointalk is...)
I can't agree more. That's why I feel that a coin needs to have some age. If a coin survives its IPO and dev team sticks with it, then the coin has a chance to grow. Choose coins that have some age plus have a dedicated dev team.