I'm glad I only ever read Hickman's issues. I did try the first 1-2 issues of each series and in hindsight I'm glad I saved all that money and headache. As incomplete and sometimes frustrating as Hickman's run was, the rest of the X line (except SWORD) just screamed mediocre, to me, and has apparently not amounted to much of consequence anyway.
I'll come back in from the cold with Ewing and Gillen's books.
God bless all of you for jumping on these grenades the last couple years so I didn't have to.