That's why they should have given Items Hp and made the Smithing skill include Oblivion's Armorer. Another way they have "watered down" the game to appeal to people who like [censored] action games.
I was stoked when I created my first ash pile, I loved Plasma & Laser weapons in FO because of the ashpiles. A great addition to TES imo they make me happy to be a magic user.