User blog comment:LOTRMod/Why hasn't the mod updated to 1.8 yet?/@comment-28344925-20170724185055

I think it's already been said, why update to 1.8 and over when I can get any feature I want with mods? Do you want an elytra? There is a 1.7.10 mod for that!

but I have one issue: it may be important to say that I run 28 mods right now (if you want me to list the mods I use then I shall), but do you have an alternative for fastcraft? If I have it then the game won't start