As always, it was Claremont work who made the character for me. Yes, he was a pretty one dimensional character before his death, it was the work done...
I can't speak for anyone else, but I feel the comments here are more of a consensus of which titles won't make it past a year more than 'hoping that...
"I, Apocalypse, demand that all of you mutants basically kill yourselves in ritualistic combat to save this overgrown tree, but don't fight too hard...