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I seem to have a big problem. I got xp pretty fast at the start and I was on 9750xp after a couple of days. Then it all stopped I tried to jump start the xp by viewing the venders myself I also got a friend to view the venders and I got xp for that but two days later I'm stuck on 500xp (I used 10k to get management 1) the only extra XP i've got is from my friend looking at the venders. I did remove the venders though and I recreated them in his house where I haven't declared residence so it would be easier for him to jumpstart them I've also viewed them myself. I'm not sure if not being declared is part of the problem but I was under the impression that you would still get XP for having merchants in other buildings apart from your home.

I've only gained 750xp in two days and I'm 99% sure they are only from views, thats with 3 venders now also. Has anyone else had this problem and know what I should do ?

Any advice is welcome, thanks.

Nevermind I logged out and logged in using a different computer and just got 8000xp lol. I hate merchant already just because of the way the xp works .