Becoming lord of a region and obtaining a government office can, especially if you're in realms of a certain type, take multiple RL years. If those are presented as "new player goals" on par with "get an estate" and "fight a battle", you could very well end up with lots of new players feeling very frustrated that they can't achieve them.
On the other hand, giving only objectives that can really quickly be achieved can leave him wondering what's left to do in the game. I don't see how a long-term objective, among many easier ones, would be all that bad. By then, he'd have figured out the game better. The point of these things should be to hook on newbies long enough for them to get a proper understanding of the game.
