Guild Wars 2

i hated it, hated every bit of it, especially the part where im screwed out of everything i worked for so long for, kitten this whole game

So, i have been saving up to buy a bunch of the festival token rewards, but for the last 3 days of the event, i can’t get on GW2. Which leaves me with a lot of tokens, no rewards, a bunch of wasted time, and a willingness to quit gw2 all together.
I realize this isn’t the developer’s fault, but its a pretty "darn"ing blow to my enjoying the game anymore.
Is there anywhere to still use these? I saw that this comes up every year…. but holding onto them for a year? That’s not particularly viable, and is just as upsetting as if it were to never come back around.
Please help, : (

thanks, ive been worried, and of course when i actually ask this kind of thing in game i either get no response or people tell me its bugged. as stated before, itd be nice to see some info about this before hand, this is genuinely the ONLY page i could find online relating to the issue, ridiculous

Thanks previous posters, i was wondering why my bar wasnt advancing some of the time, I live in an area where the game switches days in the late afternoon, so this would make sense. Also, in response to the “whether its quicker to run dungeon or pvp for the wardrobe/weapons” i like this new set up, as it is sometimes difficult to find a group to dungeon with, a great way to get the gears solo