
(06-08-2016, 05:39 PM)V Wrote: We explicitly know that fighting occurred in the "outer wards". That is where Emmanellain was stationed, and where the dragon killer cannons/ballistae were positioned. From the sounds of it a separate force of dragons/wyverns were sent to assault the city itself. It's possible only the not-so-huge dragons could attack the city directly due to the presence of Daniffen's Collar projecting it's protective barrier.
As we saw in the original steps of faith, and the Brume, there is some reason why the larger drakes need to attack along the bridge (obviously the real reason is engine limitations

In steps of faith, you stop the Dragon before it gets to the end, but the Brume still gets all burned and fucked up. I can imagine the Dragoons staying back along the spires, where they can get better aiming points, instead of standing on the bridge.