Gear acquisition strategy

Hi folks! Just recently started getting into this hobby and as per my usual I've been doing a lot of reading up. Instead of getting a big Dob right off the bat, I grabbed a SkyWatcher 90mm Mak on an EQ-1, with the idea that it'd be a cheapish way to try out a bit of everything. My primary location would be my Bortle 4 first-floor balcony, but it's also super portable so I can try taking it out to darker skies.

So far it's been great, learned how to polar align and navigate, managed to get some really nice views of the moon (and a [photo](https://i.imgur.com/0b1FHFp.jpeg) with my Nikon Z6, prime focus with a T2 adapter ring) and even spotted M4 as my first faint white fuzzy. The mount / tripod is pretty shaky any time I touch it of course, but I expected that going in. Not bad considering it's midsummer, the next plan is to try for Saturn/Jupiter around 2-3am, weather permitting.

Now for the questions / advice bit. I'm itching to get some upgrades but I'd like to plan them out a little, to avoid getting stuff I'll just end up replacing, not spend too much all at once, and also end up with a cohesive set of stuff. Scope-wise, I'll probably be getting an 8-10" dob, unless I really get the photography bug in which case similar-sized Newtonian (or Mak-Newt, the MN190 looks really nice) and a NEQ6 or something like that. But that's for much later, I want to do as much as I can with the scope I have for the next few months at least.

First up I'd like to upgrade the eyepieces, the default 25 and 10 "Super MA" ones that came with it are serviceable but not great, and the 10mm in particular also has really short eye relief, basically need to paste my eyeball to the glass. My plan is to get a nice set that can max out my current scope's capabilities, and then also work in the "upgrade" scope. Conveniently, that size of reflector falls neatly into the same 1000-1250mm focal length as the little Mak. Thus:

1. Baader Morpheus 17.5mm - this will replace the 25mm with (hopefully) better contrast, higher magnification, and wider FOV both true and apparent. Seems a little silly to get an eyepiece that costs as much as my current scope but hopefully it'll be all I need for a long long time. 2. Baader VIP Barlow - instead of getting another eyepiece, this lets me use the same one to also replace the 10mm. Apparently it comes with extension rings that would let it act as a few different multipliers, that versatility sounds nice -- i.e. I could get effectively 12, 9, 6mm-ish views from the same combo. Would also serve a dual purpose of letting me do photography with the Newtonian later on. 3. (Potentially) TeleVue 3-6mm Nagler Zoom - to round out the range for planetary views, but only after I get the bigger scope. The Mak would likely not support this level of magnification anyway.

I also considered just getting the Baader Hyperion 8-24 zoom as an all-in-one solution, but the idea of the AFOV getting smaller at the widest FLs doesn't sound great to me, and even at its widest it's not as big of a view as the Morpheus. The Morpheus + Barlow combination sounds like it'd be more versatile and higher quality, at the cost of being more fiddly to change around. There's a similar consideration for the Nagler zoom but having a zoom for the super high magnifications seems more worthwhile to get the best views that seeing permits, and the FOV won't be as much of an issue there either.

Does this seem like a reasonable plan? Any comments, suggestions, additional info, etc. appreciated!