Yes, WildStar is that badly optimized. At least it was at launch.

The first areas (the ones from lvl 1-15, more or less) are ok, but after that things start to get ugly, and in 25+ areas it was hardly playable to me,, as I say, in a computer that can manage FFXIV 1080p max settings.

Yeah, not that much is needed, but come on, WildStar has almost the same graphic appearance than WOW XD