Question regarding Azys Lla.

[Anonymoose]

Keep in mind that every detail in every cutscene needs to be placed there by someone because none of it actually exists. Everything they spend time and money putting there tends to matter (or be recycled filler, I guess). Watch the details in the cutscene closely. They need to utilize the massive aetherial wellspring in Nidhogg's eye to create an aetherial battering ram capable of outpacing the barrier's counter-resistance. The instant they break the integrity of the barrier, you can see a deliberate "dispelling" effect implying the rest of the barrier fails. It ripples outward from the hole punched through it by the battering ram.

I suspect the deliberately placed dispelling effect was specifically to avoid questions of how the floating city on our tail didn't immediately smash directly into the other 98% of the barrier surface area we didn't punch through, lol.

Confirmation from the lore book:

As they approached the floating isle, Estinien brought forth the Eye and channeled its boundless energies to fuel the newly installed aetheric ram, which made short work of the Allagan barrier. However, the party would have no time to celebrate, as moments later the Enterprise Excelsior found itself within the shadow of a gargantuan vessel. Successor to the Agrius, the imperial flagship lost at Silvertear Falls fifteen years ago, the Gration was the newest addition to the imperial fleet and the pride of the VIth Legion. The imperial battleship had lain hidden within the cloud bank, waiting for the Scions to defeat the Allagan defenses - and now the path was clear.