im on the fence with L:L. i think theres a time and place for it. i certainly would never agree with all retals being L:L however if your hitting a country with 150% of your land then i would agree with L:L on that.

that being said if youre worried about losing land keep some defense. im most cases if you play for an established clan you can get away with minimal defense. i had a couple countries with 3mil turrets 2 mil troops and 1 mil tanks and i was still making a couple hundred thousand per turn not cashing. these were all explore farmers with over 20k acres. bus/res tech is not only casher friendly.

if thats still not enough, run 1 or 2 tyr jetters, and keep them maxed on milstrat, then before you take the retal hit it with the country that was LG'd a few times and then do it a few times after the retal. you shouldnt have an issue getting your land back.