Well, I can't speak to any game balance changes, but unless something extremely dramatic arises I would be surprised if we made any balance changes until people have had some serious time to really understand the game and its nuances. But, I've been surprised before. :-)
In general we avoid discussing the contents of a patch before we have it ready to avoid causing confusion and possible disappointment if an intended fix doesn't pan out like we hope it will (or in a timely fashion). We definitely watch forums like this to try and get a sense of the "hot issues" -- we appreciate your feedback!
New features (such as features from AOK that people would like to also see in the Age of Mythology line) are not "bugs" in the usual sense, so we tend to prioritize crashes, connection failures, exploits, and the like more highly. However, we do have some very nice things in the works (that I can't spill the beans on just yet).
The "2,4" stats bug in particular is a pesky one that has several different manifestations. The 1.01 patch (as noted in the patch.rtf file) has a fix that will work for some people. Rather than wait until we had a more complete fix, we thought we'd get what fixes we had out to you folks ASAP. We are definitely still looking at the problem and there are definitely some people for whom the 1.01 fix will not resolve the issue.
Several workarounds to upload your "lost" games can be found on this fan site as well as others. For the most part, these are reasonable techniques that may help some users. Be aware, however, that if you muck around with the .ZSL files in the wrong way you may cause your unreported wins to not be reported even when we ultimately fix the bug for real.