When I first maxed heroes I put my DE outside my base. People would take the DE then proceed to try to get my other storages. So I put it back inside my base. People get greedy.
Same, so much greed out there.
The best I'll do now is spread out my storages I don't need on point. While they can be taken more easily, it will cost the attacker troops and force them to spread. Making getting to core increasingly difficult.