Gas problems are imminent because ethereum network are congested that's everyone are hoping for the version 2 of ethereum will get rid of these problems once in for all. Users wanted to have faster transactions will surely gamble high gas fees just to make transactions successful. I have high hopes that these problems will be gone soon enough, just trust the process.
for sure, ethereum has delivered great and useful updates everytime till this point.
Time is an issue in terms of price at least, because a lot of people could get pissed off and get rid of eth from their portfolio