Yeah the order of effects is super important when youre making enchanted weapons and spells, and getting it right can make a huge difference. I learned this the hard way after wasting a bunch of soul gems!

For weapons, you actually want to start with weakness to magic first, then add your elemental weakness like fire or frost, and finish with the actual damage effect. Its kinda like setting up dominos - each effect makes the next one hit harder. I made a sword like this once and it took down ogres way faster than my regular enchanted stuff.

When it comes to spellcrafting, some of the effects are locked in a specific order which can be annoying, but theres still room to get creative. The real fun is stacking multiple weakness to magic effects in one spell, makes your damage just go through the roof. Just remember that weakness effects need to hit before your damage spells or youre kind of wasting the potential.

One thing that took me forever to figure out is that you can actually make some pretty wild combinations at the altar of spellmaking. The interface is a bit cleaner now and its easier to pile on multiple effects, as long as you know the right spells already. Just keep in mind that timing is everything - if youre not applying your weakness effects first, youre probably doing like half the damage you could be doing.