Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-15888551-20130819093722/@comment-11071209-20131207233939

50.33.213.167 wrote: VAULTEER wrote: Now that I think about it, there is a quest in Skyrim where you help reopen the East Empire Company. Long story short, you assault this island and they use what is supposed to be cannon fire to destroy the island. It looks more like Alduin's fireball things but whatever.

It should be limited to cannons though. Let's just say the magic that binds Mundus together wouldn't allow an explosion in such a small metal area, like the barrel of a gun. Thats a catapult.

There was an airship in Morrowind, but we never got to see it flying of course. The guy who asks the Nerevar to visit Solstheim had it. To me it seems like technology is moving backwards...in Morrowind crossbows were common, yet they weren't in Cyrodil at all and only in the hands of the Dawnguard in Skyrim.

Even the Dawnguard have to rediscover how to make Dwemer crossbows, which had been around for hundreds of years in Morrowind. Wow, now that I think about it, it kind of does seem like technology is moving backwards in TES.