I think the network hash rate is pretty normal, people are jumping in and out, nothing unusual. Also nothing to be worried about with POS taking over in less then 4 weaks, just initial distribution of the coin.
However there are simply some things that need attention and they need it right now.
First of all the wallet needs a fix, it should be made in a way to sync in fast with out any additional changes. After all if some one fresh wants to get some mintcoins and get on the train he for sure does not want to create conf files, read true 100 pages to find new noddes etc... people want it to be easy and fast and as many other coins are doing it, then i guess its nothing impossible. So this is the first thing that needs to be fixed ( atleast i think so ).
Second thing is the web page, we just really really need a new web page that looks proffesional. Again, fresh people look at that and make decisions bassed on that.
And the last thing is something that has been mentioned already a few times, its the communication between the dev's and the community. There are already a bunch of people that offered to create and manage the community, forums, giveaways, facebooks,tweeters etc. So if the dev's do not have enough man power to fix all, they should simply accept the help that is being offered and simply spend some of the pre mine for that. I am also sure that if needed additional coins can be collected from the community. I for one am ready to donate for anything that makes sence.
So, PLEASE PLEASE, DEV's. Take some of your time and address some of the issues that have been brought to this thread. People just wanna see that you are working and that you have a plan. You dont have to tell us everything but atleast what is in the near future.
MINT !
I would go a step further and say that fixing the wallet is critical to the coin's success. I am fed up of having to wait to connect, wait to send coins, and randomly get disconnected from the wallet for no reason. There is no reason we should be having these problems with the wallet, and they need to be addressed immediately.
I say this only because I see some potential in Mint, but not with the wallet like this.