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Is there some way that the shielded city can be attacked?

How do the Traveller's shields work? What do they shield us from?

• our enemies have jump capable ships that can launch surprise attacks
  
• they are space capable so could bombard us from orbit
  
• some have dark magics

Maybe these are the things that the Traveller shields us from.

It can:

• generate an anti-jump field
  
• deflect bombardments
  
• suppress dark magic
  
• maybe the Traveller's fields can explode anything flying at high speed under its shadow

So air/space based attacks may be ruled out, as are quick raids via jump capable ships.

This may leave land based and amphibious attacks as a viable option for attackers.

Our enemies seem to be a rag tag collection of vagabonds. And except for the Cabal (who don't seem interested in Earth right now) they aren't set up for a large scale, land based or amphibious assault.

Nevertheless they could still do raids and lay siege to us.

This would give our Guardians something to do. And an increase in raids or increased raiding success would give us an incentive to patrol around the city and bring the fight to them. It's always best to have soldiers outside the walls to defend them and scouts to give advanced warning. (Though isn't that what satellites are for? ;-)

Air Defence Expansion Pack

It's hard to imagine any modern warfare being conducted without an air force. I know that Destiny will be a FPS but it would still be nice to have an expansion pack that let's us fly in the city's air force :-)

then where is the danger?

I imagine that the campaign will introduce the darkness and then we can see that the shields might fail once that metal band starts attacking. But, prior to the campaign kicking off, where is the sense of threat?

Maybe the city could have grown since the Traveller took root. Maybe refugees from the wilderness have built shanty towns outside the main walls and shields. These areas would have their own ramshackle walls that are less formidable. These communities could be vulnerable and our player characters could be from those communities. So we would have something to protect.

We know there is the looming threat of 'The Darkness' somewhere in the background that caused those gaping holes on the Traveler. But, I was under the impression the main point of Destiny was outward expansion - taking back old territories and killing alien invaders.

There probably will be an arc involving a threat to The City itself but I would be kinda surprised if that occurred in the first game.

EDIT: Otherwise you get the 'Earth is under attack... again!' syndrome that Halo fell into.

Even with the Traveler overhead The City is surely dependent on securing outside resources. Humanity is probably not building its guns, armor, and spaceships only using materials directly under the Traveler. Not to mention things like food and power. I'm very interested in seeing just how Humanity manages to support a solar system wide war effort from one city stuck off on an island...

I imagine that the campaign will introduce the darkness and then we can see that the shields might fail once that metal band starts attacking.

Get your hands off of my city, mother****er...

the narrator at the beginning mentions that the Fallen are clawing at the walls of the City. Now, this could mean they just keep moving closer and closer, or it could mean they are actually attacking the City. I hope there are at least occasional events where we defend outside the city at the very least.

It could also mean that the Fallen are literally clawing at the walls with their bear hands.

Finally, a use for these two extra arms!

We can see the threat intellectually but we don't feel it.

Bungie always has some kind of "tutorial" mission where you get used to the controls and get introduced to the game. Perhaps the "tutorial" mission for Destiny could include the city being under attack. During the attack, the player must find a weapon to defend themselves, after which they are invited to become a Guardian.