My hopes are there is at least one or two examples of what can be run application/token wise at launch otherwise I don't see this thing replacing hive-engine or anything honestly.

We plan to launch the VSC DeFi application as the first application. Peakd has already integrated wallet functionality for the testnet, same with Keychain. Those will be the first major applications. Unfortunately, Hive dapps typically give a response similar to "we will build on it once it launches". I am sure more will pile on once the network is online and moving forward.