They're active in the sense that they're working on the projects they have going. They don't spend a lot of time on the forums. On r/vertcoin you'll see them comment from time to time.
It would be nice to have them chat a bit more but if I had to choose between dev's who talked a lot on forums or ones that developed great features for the coin I'd always take the second option.
That`s my opinion, too. But for investors it is a sign of security when the devs give an update from time to time. Just sayin...
But I know they are working hard on implemention of lyra2. So that`s okay. Every good dev retrieved from the forum it seems cause they
have to answer the same questions every single week again. And that`s annoying.
Very true. Also a lot of people were looking for some hand holding and instant reactionary changes to help the price short term. What's always made me feel great about the dev team is their commitment to their values and putting a lot of though and planning into each decision. Agreed though it would be nice to have some more contact.
As a fellow developer though sometimes it's easier to show something when it's done than to explain everything verbally. That and if I got all the time back talking about a project and was able to code during that time I'd have everything done in less than half the time