Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-25101089-20170524114315/@comment-26564307-20170524165331

(I'm not too active in the community, but I've been watching it for 2+ years). I haven't noticed any decrease in Mod participation, and actually feel that people are more interested in the mod. Even for people who aren't crazy about Middle-Earth, this mod sparks imagination and joy. I feel the last couple of updates (with Music Packs and Fellowships) have helped show just how awesome this mod is, and just how far it will go.

As for the updating of the Mod, I do not see any need. In fact, I've played 1.7.10 90% of the time since 1.8 was released (I also do not see the point in what was added post 1.7.10). I sometimes walk away from the mod whenever a beta takes a while to update, but I've always come back because LOTR mod is really the main reason I still play Minecraft.

I have also noticed that Mods that have tried to keep up with the Minecraft versions have also been slowly dying because they are not able to keep up, and I just think that this mod would absolutely crash if it tried to update, considering some of the "simpler" mods that updated to 1.8 took 2 months. I don't doubt your coding skills (because you've more than shown just how good you are), but you would have so much to do and change: I don't think it's a pratical move.

I'll leave with this, "Don't fix what's not brocken."