Also maybe some under-used classic talents will find some work again.

That was more in spite of, rather than because of, Shooter. It's true he came along at a time when Marvel had become a stumbling giant, and he did a lot to put the company back on the right path. But having "fixed" things he could not stop "fixing" -- especially after SECRET WARS -- and when you start "fixing" things that aren't broken, what you're really doing is breaking them.

It's not false that the post original Secret Wars years didn't do much to make Shooter's star shine.

The Second Secret Wars was a really awfull comicbook. Didn't do much damage, excepted for the crossover tie-ins that were forced on the creative teams, but frankly it was a really boring comic. I enjoyed some of those tie-ins though.

I also enjoyed Starbrand and later his Valiant and Defiant work.

As marvel writer, his run on Daredevil with Gil Kane & and Carmine Infantino is one i enjoyed.

To me, Civil War just barely beats out Secret Wars II for the worst company-wide crossover event that M has done. And that's if I ignore the ramifications and aftermath of Civil War.

I really liked Marvel (whether because of or in spite of Jim Shooter) up until about 1983-4.

Everyone seemed to be his friend until apparently his total power corrupted totally and bad ideas like Secret Wars II and New Universe caught up to him and he was sacked.

Now it seems to be the hip thing to address all his problems while downplaying all the good things that happened.

I don't know, I wasn't there.  But maybe the good things were not quite as good as they seemed when everything was going great. 

Valient when Shooter was there was an amazing comic company. Yes there was some derivative charaters (At first glance) but they managed to put enough of a swing on them that they felt new - X-O Manowar being one of those. I also thought Unity was possibly the best company wide crossover I've ever read, a real pain to try to read in order but still the best.

I also thought the dating convention added a new twist, as evidenced when Harbringers went into space and came back to find that things had radically changed. That first alien invasion was begun in a very subtle way.

BUT, I would say the lasting effect of Secret Wars II is the annual company wide crossovers that derail whatever is going on in the comics at the time the event happens (Although Crisis is probably more responsible for this as it came out first). Remember that we are now in a situation where individual titles by and large service the larger picture rather than the other way around (Which to be fair was exactly the remit at Valient. But it was set up that way and so I didn't mind. The difference is, Marvel was not set up that way. That was set up with guest appearances, not crossovers).