These are not the scenarios that raise concerns. What raises concerns is for the possibility to send 40 000 CS or more, on a realm that doesn't have all of its forces constantly around the capital (either due to being larger, or to be active abroad).
If your enemy can project 40k CS abroad, sea travel is the least of your worries. Right now, there is exactly one realm on Dwilight that has more than 40k CS in total, including militia.
Let us just form opinions like this a bit later on, when we learn more.
Exactly. I am fairly sure you will find out soon enough that you don't want to do hot landing zones if you can avoid it.
