Equipment damage wasn't that big of a deal. I knew that was going to have some impact.
You were supposed to use the seas or hit your neighbours. If you are really desperate, who cares about your allies. You first allies second. Barca had a chance. They just didn't communicate enough. If they knew their allies were in trouble, they should have known they weren't going to come to help them anytime soon.
Also, Barca kept on wasting their time on looting. They had one replaceable army and they decided to waste it on doing nothing. When they finally decided to do something, they didn't have much to work with. On top of that their inexperience with TO system also brought them down.
Just all the mistakes coming together to form a disaster.
