Saw a few posts where staking wasn't working, just want confirmation from a few before I invest. Is what they are saying just FUD?
Yes, some users have staking issues and I don't think they are saying FUD.
This issue concerns a minority of users. You can make a search with "stake" as keyword in this board to see.
Here is an other one:
http://www.coin2talk.com/index.php/tech-support/37-staking-mintingNo worry, stake with no block mined, are just when node are more fast then you and block has been "minted" already but not for you !
I get some too ... no worry about up to now ;-)