Is the 1.9 patch really as bad as iI've been seeing?
seems like every post about it is either about it screwing up auto synching, or causing incredibly bad, constant game crashes
is it really that bad, or is this just a few cases? I've never had a bad problem with any patches before
should i just get it, or wait for the next patch?

Get it. Why wait? You'll get the same thing essentially.

You might get minor issues like the eyes and lip.