Poor Episode Quest Timing Again

Releasing the episode quest, Deploy 1,000,000 points in a TB, after the TB has begun and I've already put my lot in leaves me a little bit upset, as I have no way of claiming the 16K episode points I would have received. Now, I know that I'll get those in two days once the next phase rolls around, but I was hoping to get those points for more progression on the track, more Era Levelling Currency, higher levels, higher Colosseum scores, and more confident securings in my ranking.

This isn't the first time this sort of thing has happened. I'll be the first to admit my memory isn't entirely clear on the specifics, maybe something to do with the era challenges, but I hope this doesn't become a pattern. It feels like being penalised for being proactive, even though I know it's most likely just incompetence on their end regarding timings and progression. The progression CG feeds F2P is either down to a tee or outright abysmal, and I don't think there's an inbetween, lol.