We've recently found ourselves needing a very specific set of tools to make certain things I'd rather not discuss easier and we settled on Java due to its portability and popularity. We're not stopping with Java but merely starting. As we need it, we'll move onto other languages.

I believe we should focus on what it is we will be able to do once we learn these things. Realistically we'll be programming grunts. We wont quite have the creativity to formulate the best ideas (but we wont be mindless drones either) but we'll be able to help make a manifestation of the ideas, maintain, and expand upon what has already been zoned and built.

It'll be a while before we'll be ready to go, however. Not much has changed on the me-being-busy front and I'm doing all I can to manage my time to the best of my abilities. To be blunt you're looking at about 2 or 3 months before we're going to be seriously useful.