Ah. I see. if you only have 30 or so mods, then it's not really needed. I made a list recently of what mods I just couldn't live without, and after counting up the plug-ins that I considered bare-minimum, I had 76. I have 143 right now (93 active), so even at my level I don't really need it (I don't use FCOM right now. Just OOO+MMM), but I still have a bashed patch. Still, back when I had like 296 plug-ins, and for anyone who has a high amount, it became necessary, simply so I see the content added to the game.
30 mods does seem like a small amount though. I guess I'm just too much of a mod lover. Sad...