What are the most concerning pain point these days inside of Eve Online? I can't speak to the wider universe these days, I stopped keeping up with the big picture a few years ago. But I can speak to my neighborhoods and the things we tend to worry about. I'll leave the Null Sec worries to other, more knowledgeable, players.
I never would have imagined that one day I would see a situation in which ONE player would, could, or should, be flying 12 or more ships. These days however, it has become a regular sight in our neighborhood. The other day I saw a dude flying 17 Vexors! For goodness sake. That was probably the worst offender, but multi-boxing has become so common these days. Fleets of one player running Dragoons, or Algosee, or whatever happens to be the max flavor of the day. It was Arbitrators there for a long time as well. There isn't much small or solo groups can do when faced with 8 Arbitrators and 6 Algosee in a plex. We do our best, trust me, but seriously - that is a hammer of drones.
And, of course, that is the entire point. It has seemed to die down a little in the last few weeks, so maybe things are changing. But, more likely, I've just not run across as many during my play-time. Either way, the situation is depressing and causes untold damage - both to potential content and to potential log-ins. Why spend hours needlessly roaming when every potential flash-point is full of drone hammers? I've seen the effects this has on participation numbers. So don't tell me.
Right now that is my main complaint.
Otherwise space is busy enough, content seems plentiful (in general) and I have no real complaints about balancing at the moment. I wish more ships would get visual updates, it feels like forever since an older ship got an upgrade. And some of the models really need one. But it feels like that is no longer a priority. I think we can go awhile now without adding yet another batch of new weapon options, or weird ship abilities to the game. Maybe 2025 should be more focused on quality game-play updates, ship graphical updates, and tweaks other content creation options.
That's my two cents worth right now. I might change my mind tomorrow.