Is it bad that I actually do not care what they do with any other character as long as Fang gets a good storyline? I mean obviously the 8 main characters need their plotlines resolved, but the ones I care about are getting their good stories from what I've seen so far:
Snow: Is finally a bit rage, which has been a long time coming.
Fang: Seems to be as badass as ever.
Vanille: Unheard of, but should probably get something obviously Fang-related.
Hope: Had enough damn spotlight in XIII-2 tbh, but I'm glad he's back nonetheless.
Serah: Fuck knows, but it's probably going to be interesting.
Noel: Darker, needed given the events of XIII-2.
Sazh: Getting a bit of a re-hash. He really didn't need a big storyline, it was kind of over in the first game, but huzzah he's back anyway. Kudos to Sazh fans.
So to be 100% honest I'm nothing but pleased with what I've seen so far. Sazh is a bit like Cloud in the sense that they have to give him something to moan about to make him relevant such as what they did to Cloud in AC. He was kinda done.
Having said that, they could have had Sazh displace Hope as "command central guy" but then where would Hope go? Hard to say.