so ive been playing for awhile now im a lvl 35 warrior type class (sword/shield) and right now ive been playing at master difficulty because it offers me a good challenge, but, when every i fight someone who does the least amount of magic, i get destroyed. usually in 2 hits im flying across the room like in oblivion, which does not usually happen if i get killed by melee. even at lower levels like adept, they still do considerably more damage than anybody else and i dont want to play at a lower lvl because its not hard enough. does anyone know why magic is doing so much damage to me while other things do regular cause its making magic based boss impossible and i have to use god mode

NPC mages scale different than player mages so they become very powerful in destruction. Combine this with an almost endless amount of magica and that they most of the time have decent health they are the most overall powerful enemies in the game.

Damage from magic is reduced by magic resistance or elemental resistance. You take less damage from melee due to your armor, but I'm guessing your armor is not enchanted to resist magic.

Rather than using god mode, why don't you adjust the difficulty down to adept? I've heard about how tough mages get in master, and while I understand there are some specific strategies that can counter them - some bordering on exploits - I prefer developing the character in a less restricted and more organic fashion, and adept gives me that freedom.

You can find decent elemental resist gear and potions around, It's much easier to get high frost and fire resist than magic resist.
If you are decent in alchemy you can make your own potions with both fire and frost resist.

I was getting molested by mages as well, until I picked up Spellbreaker and Otar. Now I laugh in their face when I slaughter them.

Exactly the kind of ignorant perception that will ensure Desctruction remains broken.