"The begining of Morrowind is always the most difficult - then it becomes a breeze afterwards before getting harder again. Though, I was playing as a high endurance character with a spear. (and I really wished they'd bring spears back to the Elder Scrolls series)
I played it not too long ago, actually, and finally finished the main quest - there were... sibling issues that made me lose my save then I never bothered again because the start of Morrowind is so off putting.
I always liked how you couldn't go through all the factions til the end - because some oposing factions wipe eachother out. I can't remember which ones conflicted though, but I think one was the Fighters Guild and the Thieves Guild.
Also, I remember one of those cheat codes - but which one it is I have no clue.
Black, white, black, black, white I'm pretty sure it is.
I'm all for using them right at the begining of the game where sometimes it seems impossible because you can barely hit anything."