and even if i was trying to figure out ways to break the game myself, nothing in the game tells the player you need to enchant your weapons and make your spells in reverse order since the game reads them that way, which heavily affects them lol

this is the answer i was seeking, because i always knew people either said master difficulty was atrociously balanced and is blatantly unfun for casual players while people that know the game inside and out say it's stupid easy, because they know how to break the game. but these things very much do not come naturally to most casual players i'd argue. i'm always trying to seek out ways to break games because i find that fun, but i don't think that's a common feeling for games for many really.