I've read both of those threads and I don't think my issue isn't 100% related to that though. Nowhere in those original posts did it say "per server", just to login and create a character. The extra posts came after the 19th.
This is not an error of communication on my end, I acted on the knowledge I had on the 19th, when I last had access to the information/forums.
Its disappointing my ships will be sitting useless on the EU server because of this.