Quote Originally Posted by Rydin View Post
Here is my question.... (And speculated answers)
Where (or how) could a meteor hit somewhere in Eorzea, and have an impact that damages (or just reforms) all of the zones, yet doesn't damage any of the cities

It could possibly be that someone (Maybe Cid or Circle of Knowing) or some thing (Maybe the primals, paragons or Ascians) is able to create magic barriers.... but it is so difficult that the barriers can only cover the cities

Another possibility is that Dalamud is blown into smaller pieces before it lands... and those pieces land all over the place

Yet another possibility is that Dalamud is destroyed but not before the Strong Aetherial Interaction between it and the earth causes large scale terraforming

One more theory is that Dalamud is diverted somewhere unpopulated... but the impact as well as aetherial interactions cause irreparable damage to the continent
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.