Guild Wars 2

I’ve been having issues with Living Story episodes, as the title says.. On at least 2 different characters I’ve completed episodes of the Living Story and received the reward for completion with all the bells and whistles, obligatory fanfare etc, and yet in the tree in my Hero Tab, instead of showing the completion chest, it continues to show the incomplete Star. It had even gone so far as to give me the correspondence and forward me to the next episode. The first time it happened, I thought it odd and re-did the episode, getting completion. The second time on a different character I thought “Here we go again..” sent in a report and kept on with the next mission. Same the third time on a different character.
Yesterday, I took my ranger whose Episode 4 had failed to complete but who I had since taken right through to the Mystery Cave, through the Mystery Cave and to completion of the final part of the living story.

Or did I?

No. Instead, upon completion, I got no rewards, no fanfare, no bright lights, nothing. The other members of the party were rewarded duly. So what gives? I finished absolutely every bit of the living story, and due to my time constraints I did it all alone on every one of my characters. The first time I did it on my Guardian, and I faced off against the final Shadow alone. Even with 2 run skills equipped, I could not get those torches lit fast enough, so it was a stalemate. It could not kill me, I could not kill it. This went on for at least 20 minutes until I logged. Obviously you need a party. Need.

I have time constraints, I’m a dad, I don’t have much time to party. When I do party or when I don’t, I certainly don’t expect to get slapped in the face with constant bugs like this on multiple characters. I certainly don’t expect that upon rare occasion I do have enough clear time for partying to get through content that is as aforementioned nigh on impossible to solo, that I get absolutely nothing for my time but to have to come gripe on the bloody forum.
Remember when we cleared the Underworld and the chest constantly bugged and didn’t give the rewards? No, neither do I.

I am disgruntled. :-/