yup, just confirmed that they fixed it. looks like opening the box sends a time stamp now. as it went from available to on-CD during a battle
also, geewiz to those who maybe care: played the entire campaign. all (80) missions 3star and never spent any crystal.
came out to 465 crystal. I was trying to save up for the 500 cost 10k credit pack. seems like such a far away dream now.