User blog comment:Jimeee/Skyrim 1.9 beta update adds Legendary difficulty and raises level cap (Updated Apr 8th)/@comment-108.180.160.45-20130317033805/@comment-5469467-20130317072358

It's really up to the player as to how challenging they want their games. That's why there's a  gameplay difficulty option in the first place. That said, glitching will dilute the gameplay experience in many cases, but once again it's the player's choice to do so.