User blog comment:LOTRMod/Why hasn't the mod updated to 1.8 yet?/@comment-217.123.73.100-20160823145159/@comment-25012056-20160823154001

No, not at all, especially if the game itself gets stupider. The best features from the updates are either implemented in one form or another, will eventually be implemented, or simply don't fit in with Middle-Earth.

Gen. Grievous1138 (LOTR Mod Wiki Admin) comlink 15:40, August 23, 2016 (UTC)