Guild Wars 2

Can someone clarify something for me?
I’m unsure whether or not Fractals bugged for me or I just didn’t understand the new mechanics/they weren’t adequately explained.

A few days ago I completed a Fractal with a group of guild members. My fractal level was 7 but they entered at level 5. So it said “Fractal Level 5. Reward Level 7” for me. Which makes sense given the new mechanics.

However, once we had finished all three Fractals and returned to Dessa’s lab my level remained at 7. I can confirm that when I left and walked back to the FoTM Asura gate my level was also still 7 there.

I opened all the chests and was returned to the lab, the fractal was most definitely fully completed. So I’m just wondering if completing a fractal at a level below yours doesn’t level you up?
All good if this is the case, I suspected it might be. But after thoroughly reading the patch notes I can’t find it actually specifying this.

Completing a lower lvl diff does not increase ur diff lvl, and that makes 100% sense. I could just lvl 1 my way up to 80 if it didnt…

Here’s the simple version of how it works:

• If your current reward level is greater than the current scale, you get bonus karma and rewards equal to the current scale

• If your current reward level is less than or equal to the current scale, your current reward level will increase, and you will receive rewards equal to your highest reward level.

Thanks. I thought this was what had happened but I just wanted to check