Cool to see that there are still some people with a brain out there. What this community never understood is that botting will always destroy the core gameplay of Silkroad, no matter what or how many cool features you add. The reasons you've named basically sums it up.
Also, I'm glad to read that you have an anti-bot system, that's a big plus as long as it really works and isn't an empty promsie.
Furthermore you went for some decent rates which could work out good. Low exp/sp to prevent everyone being maximum level in a week/month, low gold drop rate and a higher job rate to encourage jobbing and make it worth to participate in triangular conflict.
I'd just like to submit two small suggestions:
- Find something else for honor ranking/buffs - we all know how this system gets abused, even on legit servers
- Reduce the sell price for items from player2NPC - This will lead to increased job activity and also increase the player2player economy since you don't want to sell something at a loss
I wish you good luck!