Wildstar.  Lovely, lovely Widstar.  First – read this.  I’ll wait.

Let’s go over the list so far.

• Great art – check
• Levels – check
• Integrated zones – check
• Dynamic content – check
• Active combat (avoid the fire!) – check
• Talent system – check
• Customization – check
• PvP – check
• Dungeons – check
• Housing – check
• Mentoring – check
• Dungeon housing – check?
• Focus on tactics, not zerging – check
• End-state content – check

I know of no game that launched with all this working.  I know of only a few that had half this list working.  You’re lucky if you get 2 of them right these days.

There are 3 possible outcomes that I can see.  First, the most probable.  The game launches, has everything in it, works about 50% of the time.  Two, the game launches, everything is broken and it’s a massive failure.  Three, they somehow manage to pull of the most amazingly smooth launch in history and become a shining beacon of tomorrow.  I’m hoping for #3, but I’m betting on #1.

Well, there is a fourth one.  Carbine is going to pull off the most massive troll prank in the history of gaming.