USM has always been the only consistently decent one in the imprint. I know people tend to be pretty hard on certain arcs here, but I stand firm in my belief that it has only ever become outright BAD during the second Venom arc. That aside, it had a string of severely mediocre stories leading up to, and culminating with, the Clone Saga, but at the very least it has always been an enjoyable read (even when the storytelling objectively drops in quality). It's definitely the best thing currently in the UU, and the level of writing that it's currently enjoying is the exception to the norm by virtue of probably being the best the book has ever been save for one or two of the early arcs, but the general tone I'm getting from some of these posts is that many here think it has been by and large pretty ****ty. Which perplexes me.
(then again, I remember waaay back when I joined this forum, the Clone Saga was ongoing. And the sheer amount of vitriol aimed at something I was genuinely enjoying had me paralyzed about posting for a really long time. So different strokes, I guess)
It's weird: UCXM and UCU have switched places in the last few months in terms of my anticipation. Well, maybe not ENTIRELY; I eagerly awaited every new Ultimates issue right up until issue 11 or so, and I can't say I feel the same towards X-men. However, I'm definitely more interested in it than I am in Ultimates right now. If you had told me that 4 months ago, I would have laughed at you.