If memory serves, I believe I played both versions 1.6 and 1.7 and, yes, I did notice tons of content restored as opposed to the standard retail. In my last playthrough, however, Kreia vanished from the game altogether, but that might have been a conflict with a different mod (I was playing a female Exile and had both the Handmaiden and the Disciple). On that note, will mods compatible with 1.7 be compatible with 1.8 also?