I just wouldn't expect them to add anything close to Autopilot on Stock game.
But it's really hard (at least to me) to play a career game without proper dV readout, or anything taking care of other missions that I set before (put KER and KAC in this line). I have limited time to play, and having to use calculation sheets and keeping notes within this time would take part of the fun (a bit).
Another issue to me are the fuel tanks. If I want to use LV-N, for instance, there are a few options with only Liquid Fuel, taking one with Oxidizer and setting it to 0 is actually taking unused volume to space. (Fuel Tank Plus here). Being able to choose between pure Liquid, Lqd/Ox, only Ox (why not) and Monoprop. would minimize the total number of parts, and being able to choose the texture would be like having 30 different parts in one.
After the 1.2 pre-release, i think they did what they wanted about ScanSat / RemoteTech (even its not the actual way the mods work).
Also, for aesthetic and functional reasons, Surface Lights also were quite helpful.