Bitshares has pretty much been a thud for me. With waves and safex getting enout attention it might be difficult for Bitshares to make a come back unless they make changes to the UI and push for volumes on Bitshares.
I tried trading on Bitshares for a month, there are no volumes and the spread is very high. I hope they come back. I just dumped by bitshares after loosing around 40%. I will reinvest back in Bitshares once the volumes pick up.