My understanding of Hickman's X-Men relaunch is that he had a three-act plan, but that the first act was extended because the other writers and artists wanted to use the new status quo. He says he left the book because Marvel wasn't paying him to write ongoing monthly titles, but to do bigger things, which he ended up doing by introducing new characters (GODS) and relaunching the Ultimate Universe.
I'm curious about the sense of whether Hickman is expected to return to finish his story. Is that something likely up Marvel's pocket if the X-books peter out? Or has Marvel taken the titles in a new direction that's incompatible with what Hickman planned? Or perhaps they used up all of his notes for Acts 2 and 3. It could also be that this is the most unclear time to ask this question since Brevoort's taking over as line editor soon, and we know very little about the creative teams.
I've been out of the loop about this aspect of X-men discussions. What's your sense of this?