Quote Originally Posted by Keith_Dragoon View Post
A large ammount of Ather dispersal upon impact in a non populated place, could cause climate changes, adverse geological formations and such. the towns may be altered ever so slightly but it could be the way they are built with the exception of gridania. If that place is unchanged I dunno how to explain that.

Dalamud has some kinda function other then just crash and burn, that could be what causes the destruction instead of the impact itself.
Actually, come to think of it the Conjurer's in the Twin Adder quests have been mentioning something about raising a "Carmine Hedge" around Gridania which, according to them is the most powerful hedge the Conjurers can summon. It surrounds not only the borders, but everything from the sky above to the ground below in a great spherical magic barrier.

But somehow we keep getting thwarted by the damn imperials. >_<