goals? lol well i guess i have some goals, i wanna 100% the map which is time consuming, i wanna craft twilight,which after getting and selling dusk i may not even be able to do. Jumping puzzles? oh hellz yea

in fact jumping puzzles are part of the monthly this month.
Now for having gold making much of a difference? honestly not that ive noticed, only thing its helped me do is level up my crafting, i still have to farm just about every day,i still do the dungeons and pvp for tokens and badges and all kinds of stuff that a few hundred gold just isnt gonna buy lol.
so yea the gold is noce, but having just some gold doesnt change anythiing at all about the game. Atm im getting pretty excited about the wvw stuff, just from doing the jumping puzzle i get a rush from having to fight other players, or getting my ass kicked which happens pretty often lol