Ya it's really a shame PoW got cut short. There was real buzz going on and it definitely killed it.
A lot of people are mining from the beginning (like peak at around 35 gh average of 25 - 30 gh) , so 2 day or 5 to them is the same just that they save 3 days of mining time to get the same number coins. Anyway, the PoW is less than 30% of total coin so PoS is where the real mining begin. Buy some coins and start PoS mining. 10% daily interest for a limited period , after that 10% per year PoS. So its like u buy 10,000 SUM and u PoS mine 1,000 sum daily for a limited period of time.
Read OP for more detail.