Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-25101089-20170524114315/@comment-29298199-20190225003753

As someone who constantly fades in and out of playing Minecraft and the LOTR mod, I didn't see any particularly new differences in the fanbase. It hasn't really grown, but it hasn't really shrunk, either.

Now, before I make my judgement on whether an update should come or not, let's consider the pros and cons.

Pros:

More new people will come to the mod.

Some newer features will become compatible with the mod. (Magma blocks in Mordor?)

Cons:

The coding would take ages.

There's no GUARANTEE that new people would come, but rather a possibility.

The newer players would likely be more immature than the ones here.

The new updates won't actually come into middle-earth, unless specifically coded in.

Answer:

If this were a dichtonomous choice with no other options, I'd say no. The benefits to actually updating is piddling, and we wouldn't be able to keep up with the massive amounts of updates anyways. Newer players would be here for a short while before moving on to the new updates. Besides, 1.7.10 has some great company in the form of amazing mods. If we really wanted to get new members, maybe we should focus on them first. Get included in a fantasy mod pack, things like that.

TL;DR: If we want new members, we should try to reach out to other popular 1.7.10 mods that haven't made the jump. Perhaps try to join a popular fantasy modpack.