Not sure why, but my wallet didn't sync, and found out that the .conf file was missing, and I had to manually create one and add the nodes.

For those who don't know how to do it, read up here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/vertcoin/comments/1wy5w5/cannot_get_my_wallet_to_sync_any_help/

and use the nodes from this list:

http://findblocks.com:9006/network


I have also submitted the form. Thanks dev for the hard work!