I'm mostly reporting this because I'm embarrassed how long this took me to figure out on my own. 

To replicate, from the main screen select the two-point icon and enter your username. But enter a WRONG password. 
It will spin for a bit, and then it doesn't throw a "wrong password error" it just shows you as logged in, even though you are NOT 
When you start a game no linked items will be there. And if you leave the game, the next time you open it it will show you as logged out. 
The result was I just thought the connections were broken all this time, and kicking me out over and over, when in reality it was my mistake because I'd entered a wrong password. 
Once I entered the correct password, I've stayed logged in and all the items popped. 
Imagine my embarassment, realizing this whole time I'd been shaking my fist at two-point cursing my lack of golden toliets... only to find that the fix was in my control the whole time!