About I8's return to test:
I'll make announcements once I8 is ready to go back up. I don't have an ETA just yet.
Hey folks,
We're taking down the Training Room now (2pm CST) to re-launch Issue 8. I'll post an update once the server is back up.
Note: Veteran Rewards will be introduced at a later date.
Title says it all 
Please be sure to report any new issues that you may face in the Training Room Forum section.
Thank ya!
Starting at approximately 5PM today (Wednesday 10/18) the Training Room will be brought down to implement the Issue 8 pre-download system.
We need to make sure that the pre-download feature works properly before it ever goes live. In order to do this we have to bring back the last build the one that was on test before Issue 8 ever arrived.
For those of you who have played on Issue 8 already: your characters will still be there (today and tomorrow.) However, the character you are currently playing has developed some, and some of that content may not display properly while you are back under Issue 7. The good news: Issue 8 should be back on test tomorrow (10/19). The specific time has not yet been announced.
Why are we doing this? The pre-download system was not ready to go on test before Issue 8 was ready. At the same time, it was very important for us to get the maximum amount of Issue 8 testing on Training Room. If we had waited for the pre-download before launching Issue 8 on test this ultimately would have caused delays on Issue 8s arrival on the live servers.
When Issue 7 is brought back to test: when you log out the pre-download patch for Issue 8 will begin. You can leave this running. And when we bring Issue 8 back up on test, youll be ready to go!