Timo said many times here on this forum that the “field recorder workflow” will not make it into the initial release of Nuendo 8, but it’s something of high priority on their list after the release.
“Cue sends are on our list for the Nuendo 8.x lifecycle. Field Recording import is also one of the next priorities.” - said Timo.
I feel your pain that there’s a big new paid upgrade and the one reallyannoying thing is not included. But I think Steinberg heard you in that regard and it’s coming. At least you know that 
Whereas many small features I’d like to see were left unmentioned. I guess I’ll have to lobby some more for them.