I loved how I could get Umbra at level 1 and it still would be as powerful as if I got it at the level cap. Good thing there was the health cheat code

Unfortunately, most people nowadays would just call that "Unbalanced! I shouldn't be able to get such a good weapon at low levels! Where is the progression!? Where is my immersion!? Game X handled it waaay better!"
What most people doesn't understand is that their hate, whinny or complain (While totally cool in many circumstances) about a feature may cause that feature to change not only to them, but to everybody else! Then that "everybody else" will start hating, complaining and whining, and if it gets changed again the old people will complain, hate and whinny again.
In resume; there's no consensus in the community in most of the discussion topics. No matter what you do, someone will complain. Always.
Also, people should stop thinking that their little personal complain about a small feature should be solved and changed to everyone else (Individual changes being achieved only through modding), because, guess so? Not everyone thinks the same as you or would have a better game if Bethesda solved your complain.