Wouldn't say it's dead. You can still find things to do. And probably most don't use PF anymore because they're in linkshells and doing things with friends. I mean if the game really was dead. I wouldn't be finding tons of people running around in just about every area I go to. As for the whole catch up patch thing, I fail to see the huge problem with that. The game really isn't holding your hand just because you don't want to do savage, or coil, or whatever raid will come in the future. But I do agree that the game does hold your hand in other areas.