I've given up trying to promote the fixes. People just won't look at them, despite stickies in the tech help forum and links to them in my sig (and I don't post THAT rarely). People who don't care to search or even ask for help can't be helped.

Anyway, we are contemplating a mechanic or two to further reduce the ability to blitz, but it has not been included in our internal build yet. In the meantime, some self-restraint can be advised, or if you don't want to do that you can increase the difficulty level or play a faction close to the Arche Seleukeia, who have to blitz to get a fair empire before the war against the ptolemies ends.