Dragon form just another way to access certain areas in the game. You can say it as a gimmick, yet still you need to fight another group of aerial enemies while in dragon form. If you just burn every thing on the ground, then what the point of human form and its skills? Your situation is more like you are frustrated due to being stuck without knowing how to proceed on. As for those anti dragon force field, there is way to disable it. Turn into the dragon and learn how to observe your surroundings.
