Quote Originally Posted by CherryDanish
No. Proximity to a gov's province doesn't influence loyalty directly. If a gov isn't the top on a stack though, I do not believe he gets his V&Vs, which could influence loyalty.

Hmm, I'm not so sure about that. I'm currently playing as the Byz and for a long time I've had most of my governors stashed in the Citadel in Constantinople, for safe keeping. Retrained with silver armour for good measure but they're unlikely to see combat anyway. They seem to be acquiring the appropriate Builder, Steward type V&V's even though they're not located in their respective provinces.

Equally, I've had a few develop bad V&V's but again without having visited the place. I swear one developed 'Smuggler' within just a couple of years of being awarded his title. No idea what brought that on. It has a hefty agricultural and trade income hit (-20% Ag, -30% Trade) and I was lucky this province was landlocked, tradewise (Edessa/Armenia?, Silk Spices and Gems). He was just one move away from joining the rest of them in Constantinople before he got fired. Replacing an acumen-7 smuggler with an acumen-5 replacement did actually improve income, that's how serious it was.

Having them all located in one place makes it easier to keep track of them, monitor their acumen rating and V&V's regularly and not worry about them getting inveigled in any combat.

Interesting what you say about 'head of stack' though. I'm convinced I've seen some generals acquire 'builder' etc from hanging around in a province for years where that sort of activity is going on but not actually having a governorship, nor having been relieved of a title earlier in the game.