the problem with celts, and any faction that needs the sea is pirates, my boats suck, now i'm in an all out war with the goths...trying to hold the city i need for a win...my hounds are gone...i feel lost

i cannot win a war of attrition my island in ireland is where i put most of my troop building recources...this may have been my problem, my almost half stack of ships, with valor and upgrades keeps losing to smaller pirates, even with a 3 star admiral

i now have what was a full stack at 75% and my hounds are gone, and goths have a couple cities pumping out troops and keep attacking me, sapping my strength.....this is on vh/vh victory will be tough