User blog comment:LOTRMod/Why hasn't the mod updated to 1.8 yet?/@comment-25533095-20150710201603

Let us also not forget how awful Forge for 1.8 is, and how it completely makes the game unplayable (at least for me). I don't think it's worth the time updating to 1.8 at all. Also, none of the mods we use to improve the official server are updated, and  those give us /inv check commands, and block logs. If they were gone, the server admins would have horrible time trying to catch hackers, griefers and other rule-breakers.