Quote Originally Posted by Tvtyrant View Post
Yeah but by 1800 ships could massively damage cities using rockets and cannons, and by 1900 the British could level a city. Air-cannons might be less penetrative then gunpowder but they also can fire explosive or incendiary rounds with less problems, so a massive armored ship just sailing into harbor and destroying your docks would be a real threat.
That's in real life, I thought the discussion was revolving around the idea that weapons like you've just described simply couldn't ever be developed in this fantasy world?