I really enjoyed this issue. It was a good read and the all the new characters except Daycrawler seem interesting so far(Daycrawler was a little annoying). I also really, really liked the Maggott's appearance! I always wished more had been done with him. Will be staying tuned for now.
I am still holding out hope that Gambit will appear in later issues. I thought I heard that Vita is a fan of Gambit and he has been in a lot of the promo art. Still, it certainly wouldn't be the first time Marvel has used him on covers and promos and then not had him appear in the actual book or story, so who knows?
And yeah about Wolverine! I was groaning there for a second when it looked like he was going to be the one to seek out and talk to the kids. Like he isn't busy enough already. He is does not need to be everywhere and mutants and the X-Men could certainly find a better face for outreach.