Exactly what I was looking for kandrathe!! Good solid set of goals with an endgame in mind! I shall conquer the nether star! Thank you for saving my sanity. And deebye, you also have a point; time will tell if these new goals stir my excitement for the game, or fall flat.
"The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self." -Albert Einsetin