So I see ASUS has the new 88U product page up and Merlin has added support for it in his firmware. Not sure when it will be available but I am excited to get one. I'm assuming it does NOT have a Quantenna chipset in it so that should be the end of that mess.
https://www.asus.com/Networking/RT-AC88U/
https://www.asus.com/Networking/RT-AC88U/