User blog comment:Jimeee/Skyrim 1.9 beta update adds Legendary difficulty and raises level cap (Updated Apr 8th)/@comment-4854487-20130315212237/@comment-24.5.218.93-20130316043123

Its for the hardcore players who play tactically instead of like Leeroy Jenkins. This difficulty is for the best of players who want a truely challenging experience. Not everyone will get something from this update, but it is simple enough to add in that they might as well. Also, this acts as a counterbalance to the Legendary skills to allow enemies to be stronger at higher levels. This effectively creates a steeper difficulty curve for those higher levels. So to be blunt, Legendary difficulty IS to make the enemies harder. A lot of people don't have fun if the game isn't challenging enough, although I cannot speak for you.