I am using the one recommended by this pool, sgminer-5.6.1-nicehash-51-windows-amd64 and also tried the one click miner.

My local.conf

stratumproxy enabled
flags --cl-global-work 8192 --farm-recheck 200
globalminer ccminer
proxypool1 vtc.alwayshashing.com:9171
ccminer=flags -a lyra2v2

Make sure your ccminer.conf is correct.

{
"max-log-rate" : 30,
"quiet" : false,
"debug" : false,
"protocol" : false,
"cpu-priority" : 3,
"algo" : "lyra2v2",
"url" : "stratum+tcp://vtc.poolmining.org:3096",
"user" : "YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS",
"pass" : "d=8"
}

You forgot the magic word.

No payout until a block is mined. 1 pending right now. VTC I mean.

Doesn't matter. Refer below.

http://poolmining.userecho.com/forums/1-general/topics/180-vertcoin-stratum-port/

That's some serious hashrates. How many rigs is that?

I agree. As long as payout is evenly distributed accurately with how much work is put in, then it doesn't matter what the hashrate says.

Better but not yet 100% accurate for me. Keep up the good work.

Thank you. Also I have seen being disconnected from pool and stratum difficulty resetting, is it better to reset to 15 and have it work its way up or to 75 and work its way down? Or is it back to that it doesn't matter?