Probably a glitch, I don't think someone at Beth just decided to hose Assassin type characters.
I've noticed that its not adding the percentage of damage it should. So if for example your using a simple steel dagger the damage bonus may be so negligible that the number does not increase.
For instance my weapon damage increases more when investing a point to one handed damage, which increases it by 20%, than when I put on enchanted gauntlets that increase one handed damage by 29%...

too many bugs!!!