Sure about the mesh, but having them around wouldn't hurt would it ? I know this should be a general direction for lods, but it seems to me that this one would be an easy one, so if you had some time it could have been done If you don't want to that's okay, I'd rather we finish the re-export, Btw I didn't check but I hope those new idles have the correct number of vertex groups...
On a side note, I'm working on a blender importer for the game files (currently just needs random pick for variants, and material support) It will load the file all of it's props, and the associated textures Loading the briton blacksmith takes a fraction of what it would take me normally ^^