Thank God, that ice was the worst idea ever. Until this one, that is.
So, the post says the changes have been rolled back, yet I'm still unable to log in to any of my five active nobles (not counting the war islands character) without pausing someone. I get no chance to wind down my existing characters before pausing? Since absolutely NO notice was given, which is absurd.
Yes, as has been said, this was unintentional. The character-per-continent limit change was a bug. When it does happen, there will be plenty of warning.
For now, please confirm for me that you
actually can't play, and it's not just a nasty-looking message that sits there and glares at you as you go on your merry way ignoring it. If it's actually preventing you from playing, then there's more fixing work we need to do.