Granting vassals fiefs in a growing empire

Brothers in arms, what’s the best strategy for granting fiefs when you’re expanding? I’m playing ACOK 6.0 and have most of Essos.

I may have this all wrong, but so far I’ve been granting fiefs mainly so that lords roam around his lands as a deterrent to enemies wandering in. Now I have my eastern, northern and southern flanks safe and a large westward push in front of me into Westeros.

I can of course grant new lands to my old vassals but will they stay in their old lands or the new lands? I don’t want to give someone fiefs and have them left undefended by a lord who’s on another continent.

I could possibly take a new town on the border of my empire then ask to trade it with a vassal for their old place, thus reinstating them where I need them, right? There’s just no guarantee they’ll agree to that. I just don’t need anyone patrolling around the safest deepest parts of my territory, it’s a waste of their army.

Is my reasoning for giving fiefs away sound, and any advice on what to do next?

Submitted May 08, 2018 at 10:15PM by blowinbrowns https://ift.tt/2KL09UN