I was thinking... if Disassembled, House of M, New Avengers, Civil War, Illuminati, World War Hulk and even Annihilation had all been tied together into one massive, multi-year arc of change carried throughout the MU, it could have been the greatest thing ever. Rather than being a series of stilted events, they would have been written like (and treated like) a chapter in an ongoing story that would open up a whole new status quo for every character when it ended. Arcs of growth for each character to go through, arcs which followed through on past change and themes, would be planned in advance so they would reach climaxes during the climaxes of the chapters. New titles or characters would be launched to explore the paradigm shifts or at a good time to capitalize on them. For example, a title with strong themes of moral gray areas would be launched around Civil War or a character whose powers might become a danger to others would be launched during World War Hulk (not in the middle of battle, but as a sort of "Could that happen to me?" thing. It's just an example).