well that svcks ... having so much money so easily really is a bummer. One of my fondest memories in Oblivion was at the beginning of the game. I was a thief/assassin in the imperial city and was pretty low level and weak. As I didn't wanna die every 5 min exploring dungeons witth [censored] gear, I went into an armor shop to look at some gear(way too expensive ) and then broke into the store at night and stole what I needed.
This was truly satisfying and made me feel like a real thief who was on his own and could count on his skills to survive.
But with weak ennemies that die after 2 or 3 slashes and give you plenty of gold anytime there's no more fun in doing the above mentioned

. Please someone prove me wrong or tell me that gold is scarcer the higher the difficulty!