>>28410093for the first part, there is a huge difference between hiding a gun that could go unnoticed all life if they never have to use it. And if they ever are forced in a situation that they have to gem magic then the plot is up and people would know it. its not something they can hide once they use it.
and while the difference might not be as huge as 1920 to 2020, the difference between 1750 and 1850 is still huge. if this was about beign a decade or two ahead of competition i would not even bat an eye but a whole century is not something to just handwave as "Minor"
Yes there has been way too much handwaving in the past in many regards without much care of possible consequences it could have for the future and i am not happy with a lot of these either. and while i am still 100x more happy if this is a use of rule of cool than in cases where it is just straight up used for military stuff that does not mean we should look for possible issues in these past decisions that were maybe a bit too hasty.
i will however admit this could also just be me way overthinking.
I just personally feel a lot of these "drawbacks" people thought of to balance their advancement aren't really that much fo a drawback.
>Cannons can be made from steel but if you don't have the know-how to make a good breech your breechloader can be even worse than a older muzzle loader.this example from /who/ for one, this might sound plausible at first but it also just means "all we got to do is either write at some point we got it figured out or get the know-how from a different nation and then this drawback is gone."
its jsut the right amount of nillywilly to be considered a drawback at first glance but to be immeaditly eliminated when actually needed.
>We can have all this tech no worries because as a drawback we are isolists to the worldand we all know how well that one worked out
>our plutocrats would never share their knowledge with each other, until they have to in order to surviveif someone wants to be "advanced" then this should come with an absolute drawback written in stone and the moment someone tries to work around it or make it void then everything havign to do with that advancement should be considered void and noncanon so people actually have to stick to it.
but i also don't wanna strongarm my own view here so isntead of pushing for it i rather wait and see what the thread as whoel thinks
