I've done standard 2X, ply strips, and metal. The last two are my favorites. In the old days (the 70s), mid-grade remodels in old houses often went like this: 1) Set the bases. 2) Set the counters, complete with full 18" backsplash, covering up all old plaster, elec. runs, etc. 3) Set the uppers, using the full backsplash as a ledger. 4) Climb up onto your bench with a pair of snips and a drill, and frame a metal soffit up from the top of the cabinets. If you had a helper, there was no need to climb down until the first coat of mud was on. Very efficient.
Back then, you were your own countertop guy, though. These days, laminate is history, and we've been forced out of Corian installation by prohibitively expensive certification classes where we spend all of our time getting the instructor up to speed. And Corian is passé, anyway: everyone is doing granite! So we still do bases first anyway, just to get the countertop guys in quickly.
Doing metal-framed soffits last still makes sense: the firestopping is done because the walls and ceilings are already drywalled. There's not really all that much drywall work left for you to do, so it can work out well economically,too. And the soffits will line up perfectly with your dead-level uppers, ensuring consistent crown reveals, which are hard to get when following twisted 2X framing.
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