User blog comment:XXEpicMage99Xx/Skyrim DLC Weapon Ideas by xXEpicMage99Xx/@comment-1471082-20120422103435/@comment-30303790-20120426165422

I've had dragons attack Solitude before, and it's wasn't a fun or exciting. At one point it was about every fourth time I fast traveled to the city, but thankfully it stopped. I can only guess that it was patched away or that this particular character was just very unlucky.

What ends up happening is the dragon circles outside the city walls at a height low enough that it places them under the protection of the city walls, and it will continue to do strafing runs over the city primarily focusing on the NPCs none of which are smart enough to get the hell in side. The way the cities built leaves little room for the dragon to land, and pretty much nullifies the benefits of melee combat. So if you aren't particulary good in the archery or magic departments your SOL, and even still you have to wait until the dragon is out of cover and busy trying to roast people before you can attack it. Since you don't know how many people are killed per attack, and I'm talking named NPCs not just random guards, then you have to spend 10 minutes searching the city to make sure no one important died. Eventually I just stopped going to Solitude because of random dragon attacks, and I promise you it was nothing short of bothersome.