They are a blessing...
If you're waiting for Beth themselves to fix all the issues...?
Don't bother - the game's been out for a year and a half and Beth is just now getting to issues the USKP fixed a year ago!
I have played two complete playthroughs (1200 hours) with no issues at all, thanks to the Unofficial Patches.
Dragonborn is fantastic!
But thank gawd for the Unofficial Dragonborn patch - that's all I can say.