This update will for the first time be very different update from Bitcoin. So it will be interested also from that point to see how much people will like it. Maybe will totally ignore it, since for them LTC is just second Bitcoin.
To be frank with you, I have lost belief in litecoin when Charlie Lee dumped on his community at the very top of litecoin's all time highs. This upgrade might only be another excuse to hype, pump then dump.
I dont believe he was telling truth. He never sold anything. He was just sick and tired of people accusing him he is pumping LTC to get rich. So he simply said. I sold, and from that moment on he thought will be free. But then opposite accusations come. The ones why you dont like him.
And yes. Opaque ledger matter. No one likes that whenever you move even part of your wealth to all media talks about it. Why would Queen of England want that?