User blog comment:LOTRMod/Why hasn't the mod updated to 1.8 yet?/@comment-2607:FB90:7E40:AF18:A7F5:12DB:8B6:7F16-20180512224510

I am curious about the exact problem Mevans doesn't want to deal with. The reason I want to know what issues Mevans is having is because then, people in the community might know exactly how to help. For example, I myself could help migrate the blocks over to the json system from the old system.

I do think that updating to newer versions of minecraft is a thing that is needed as right now, some players might be put off from playing the mod as it is in an older version then they are used to. Seeing as quite a few features have changed since 1.7 that only increases the need.