Briz, Ruch(ish), Layo, Arzhel, Francisco and a couple other people from Alex still play, the game has a lot more content now is a way more casual-friendly(easier mythics, gilmaking etc) than it was. New Dev team has been shitting out updates and new content monthly for like 2 years now so the game is always.
Events are mostly designed for groups of like 4-8 people, which is refreshing compared to the solo Abyssea days or the 18-man Einherjar Lv75 days.
The whole storyline is almost finished too, and the last update ever is coming in November, so I'm just gonna keep playing until it ends.