Getting to Final Frontier is not necessary difficult in the scope of wizard modes, having all the artifacts first is a challenge. If you objective is simply to get to the wizard mode with zero regard for your score, then I guess I can see your point. Collecting all the artifacts first then reaching FF fully loaded, is much much more exciting IMO.

Personally I shoot for warp nine, then Borg Mutliball first, try to complete the missions, if I fail them (not collect the artifact) re-play them to at least collect as many as I can get away with, then go for FF. Because of this I rarely get to FF. But, when I do it's a real treat for sure.

That's the key right there. Any game that can last that long in a collection, is one bad ass game. The real question is, will STLE last that long in your collection? So far the longest a STLE has been in someone's collection is a few months.

Hey Pez, thankfully all I see is "ignored user comment" under the quoted sections you have but, I agree with you 100%.