+1 for the idea but I also agree that it would be too much of a hassle to get a lot of players to physically show up in 1 location. Maybe a session of video conference where everyone could tune in and ask questions. Like the online version of E3, that would be awesome
Anti-botting measures- Yes I agree with just about any antibotting. Kill to mine- no. 15-60min respawn...fml no. It would take a week to get up enough mats to do 1 crafting run of 2.5k bars. That would drive prices to roughly 50-100g/100 which would then make ep 1k+g:1ep. +1 for the creativity tho