This is something I have been looking forward to for a while. Will this be something along the line of Dota and mixed with something like
Sid Meier's "Civilization" ? Do you have any screen captures to give us a sneak peek? I have played games like,
http://www.bat.org/play for years and in-game currencies in these games are VERY successful. If you can make money, while you play the game you love... you will
go viral quickly.

{ but then you have to be able to stop the bots }

It is intended to be a mixture of MUD and RTS.
So while most of Hero's Gameplay --> Exploring, Ordering Buildings , Killing Wild Animals would be like Age of Empires.
The attacks on other towns ---> Would be Turn Wise Strategy Fight
Diplomacy + Markets + Trades --> Would be somewhat like Civilization/Travian
Sure there would be several unique features in it too.
Currently I am looking to get up with a good something showable.
Later I would need to raise some funds for getting graphics developed.
Would update soon, once I have some pics or vids.