I have no association with the devs, apart from that I had APEX from the beginning as a kind of hobby project (I guess I just liked the name), and I am here just to state the facts.
Fact #1: development takes time. This coin is matured already, there is no ICO or IPO to raise development funds, and therefore the development resources are limited and better if bagholders form a kind of partnerhsip/community with the developers with a longer view instead of desperately try to ride the next P&D wave.
Fact #2: Marlboro and his buddies have been desperately trying to hype this coin for a while. In the meantime, the market data indicate they are not even baby whales as they could generate a pathetic 20 BTC over a day by selling for themselves.
I suggest everyone take the devs' word that the coin is still being developing. The devs been here for months, they still here, and they clearly said the development work continue - no reason to assume otherwise.