I fail to see how people make a profit on this coin now, even with carefully managed VPS. I have ceased mining at home on 9 machines now because I can't even reach 1/3rd of break even against electricity (Australia: $0.30/kWh).
Basically the way I now see it is you can only make a profit if:
- You have electricity that is free or almost too cheap to meter
- You are 'stealing' power and/or computer resources from work/college etc
- You have a botnet
- You have somewhat cheap electricity (i.e. %0.05/kWh), and you decide to continue mining and hold

P.S More powerful processors have much better CPD/power ratios. One 2CPD machine is way better than 2 1CPD ones.