I've started following the forums lately and I've come to a few conclusions regarding the eve community of the forums and elsewhere.

They all state their steadfast hatred against free to play and the revenue model that accompanies it.
They are all elite pvp'ers and very hardcore in their own minds, especially when gate camping and 10v1 odds.
Most of them hate everyone else who don't play the game exactly as they want them to play the game.
They will flame and outright personally attack anyone who doesn't agree with them or suggest some change that they don't agree with, civil discussion is outright impossible with most of this community.
Carebears must die and be driven from the game; miners must die and be driven from the game; industrialist must die and be driven from the game; incursion runners must die and be driven from the game; wormhole dwellers must die and be driven out of their hole and also want the game changed to remove ABC because....they want to control it themselves elsewhere.

I could go on but you know what I have stated isn't just hyperbole, it is by and large reality. This community is incredibly self-destructive and loathsome. If it isn't in your hands it deserves to be blown up/stolen/griefed/etc. until the person who has it gives up. War decks, can flipping, suicide, gatecamps, theft are all tools to accomplish this goal. In the end you post for the "tears" and could care less how the other person feels or if they leave the game; in-fact most of you will cheer even louder if you cause someone to quit the game.

Now we must add some more reality to this: EVE subs are stagnant at best, this is no longer a growth title. The potential audience has peeked. CCP must rely on keeping current subscribers and finding ways to generate revenue, PLEX sales and AURUM are one small step but everyone knows that cannot be enough to sustain the game with a dwindling player base. It is natural people move on after a time but CCP isn't really covering these lost pilots with new ones.

So the future of this title? Who knows. If the player base remains somewhat steady at the current level then CCP can continue in its current form. However, all these discussions of nerf, kill carebears, incursions, wormholers will do nothing but increase the pilot loss rate. CCP has a number, like all mmo companies, and once sub rates hit that line they will either shut or turn to FTP revenue models. This community hates FTP revenue models yet their actions are very likely to cause the need to implement FTP. So while they rage about how "unfair" FTP is, they only need to look in the station mirror for the underlying cause and culprit.

tl;dr version: stop being such overly asshats and purposefully drive people away

I'm not calling anyone out nor making a judgment pass. I do not intend to offend and my tone isn't one of accusation but just clam reflection. If you think I am wrong in my assessment please discuss why. I am hopeful we can maybe do some self assessment as a community. However, I am also a realist and know what will occur instead.