I usually get this for the 1st hero I recruit, who I shelf after the exploration phase, and recruit a better one to lead my armies. Even better if I can get merchant on them.

If I start a game near a 5/2 tile with a nearby farm location, I usually take it just for the faction prestige. It's a weak hero but if you want the administrator traits, it doesn't matter if he gets injuries in battle so you can be a bit careless.

I definitely use Path of the Governor.

I agree, I suggested before that champions should get XP for just sitting in a city, maybe 1/turn. Then give bonus XP for constructing units/buildings, maybe even bonus experience points for defending a battle.

They should look at the "administrators" from Master of Orion 2 for how it should work.
 

You mean besides the Adventurer's Guild? Should there be a separate hero trait which grants slow exp over time?

He means that if your using a governor (governing) than hes usually not growing levels. Wheras a warrior, the more he fights the tougher he gets.

I think its fine for a few traits that give global bonuses to research/production/gildar/mana.

However, I think it would be nice if there were also traits that gave bonuses only to the city your hero is stationed at. These could be more powerful, and require you to make a choice: which city needs the bonuses most. This would make governors play differently, which would add some nice variety and also skirt around the XP sharing mechanic to a small extent.  

There's also the fact that a path of the governor hero seldom has the skills required to win those fights that would give him XP.

I don't have a problem leveling governors... just stick some spearman with him and let them do all the work. He'll stand back and cast haste, slow, or heal. If it really needs a buff, then maybe add a maintenance reduction for units in his army, should do the trick.

I have no problems with using govenrners in fights whatseover. Even if they don't have fighting skills such as a path of the warrior or mafe or assassin or defender, they do get to use some kick ass fighting gear such as boreal sword or whatever gear you happen to pick up or the support buffing spells that you can pick up through your magic tech tree - both the random tech and the blessing spells etc.

The Main complaint here is that i should *not* have to take my governor out of his domain of specialty. I WANT him PARKED in my TOWN. I WANT my administrator bonuses. I want to get my +10% gold to pay for more effective fighting units than him. But if I want to get more xp for him i need to take him out of his element of supporting my empire/kingdom. I want to be able to move him into my new town to get a 10% faster build time or keep him in my military town to crank out 10% more units. Thats his job.

^Agree 100%

I use PotG on some champions and it has always bothered me that this particular path needs to be gaining experience through battles when their entire function revolves around city/administrative bonuses. I think the XP gain for PotC champions should be handled in an exclusive and different manner so they can stay in the city.

Leveling your hero vs using your hero (parking him in town) is an unfun choice. The other paths don't have to make this choice, they can do both at the same time.