yeah i know. actually it is much better balanced. i was surprised when i discovered the purchase power of the arrows. i just enjoyed being able to purchase the charms at will and bump my charmed items. something i enjoy doing when they don't come up often. but the challenge of building the character is also fun. this post was more for amusement than anything else.
as it is, i'm practically walking through everything. the only real challenge (with my cache of potions, the various charmed items i currently possess for stat boosts, and the power of unlearning skills to learn new ones with so much gold) are the bosses because you have to figure out their weaknesses and they tend to heal themselves.