If the AI were better at using blackmail in 3, it might still be smart to legalize things, because you can use hooks to force fellow vassals to join factions. If you had a player vassal, for example, you might want to legalize a lot of stuff to remove their leverage.
Yeah I'd imagine the meta for single player and multiplayer are super different. I'd imagine intruige in general is way more important in multiplayer. In single player you can basically brute force your way to victory with stewardship and either marshal or learning occasionally.
If the AI were better at using blackmail in 3, it might still be smart to legalize things, because you can use hooks to force fellow vassals to join factions. If you had a player vassal, for example, you might want to legalize a lot of stuff to remove their leverage.
Yeah I'd imagine the meta for single player and multiplayer are super different. I'd imagine intruige in general is way more important in multiplayer. In single player you can basically brute force your way to victory with stewardship and either marshal or learning occasionally.