Hmm...that's all well and good and it's possible that it could be a thing if people insisted on it, but my concern is that as valuable as said historical knowledge would be it'd be dull as hell from a gameplay perspective. Taking currently possible actions into account: would you rather get history lessons or learn how to alter the future with your mind?
Just as the Martial stat represents personal combat ability as well as leadership skills, the Lore stat represents knowledge as well as Force power. It would be a simple increase in Lore without any real trait, but the sheer quantity and scarcity of lore we have access to with Vectivus would make it a large increase in the stat. I'll admit it's not particularly interlude-worthy, but not everything has to be, and it doesn't mean it wouldn't be worth taking.
...Did you not read the part where Vectivus was present at Kygeetu's promotion?
As for promotion chances in general, there was no way for them to get promoted until the facility was built at the Home.
I should clarify what I meant. I didn't mean that Vectivus has been doing nothing, per se, just that it was never indicated that there were any tangible effects on Agent training, when you'd expect there would be. The closest thing to tangible effects were narrative; the greatest piece of narrative showcasing Vectivus as a trainer was during Kygeetu's promotion, where he had a single line of dialogue.
As for our Force Users being able to be promoted beyond Tier 1 thanks to him, I didn't know about that. It wasn't mentioned in
the update and I started following this quest only after the events of that update. But yeah, I can appreciate that.
For training actions...exactly what would that entail specifically? Aside from your suggestion later I don't really have an idea of how that would actually work.
Well, Ciaran can't learn techniques such as Force Lightning because it's a generic technique and Ciaran already learned a technique from Vectivus' holocron, but that doesn't mean our other Force Users can't. We can have Vectivus train some Apprentices in a different way to how Tyro trains them, which would result in a new type of Force User, transforming the promotion
path into a promotion
tree. (The result would be something like the Guardian/Consular/Sentinel split.)
Instead of...
Abyss Apprentice > Abyss Agent > Abyss Walker
We'd have...
Abyss Apprentice > Abyss Agent > Abyss Walker
.............................> Abyss Acolyte > Abyss Knight
You gotta admit, 'Abyss Knight' sounds cool.
If you don't like that, he could teach our Agents how to build actual lightsabers instead of the cheap (actually very expensive) knockoffs they have now. Or he could give us an "Incorporate Sith Techniques" action. Or perhaps an action to get a Walker to Tier 4, and this action would be the only way possible for a Walker to reach that rank. (For balance, I'm thinking a low chance of success and a multi-turn requirement.)
Another potential training action is for him to fully instruct Asajj Ventress in the ways of the Sith. She was a mere Sith Assassin when she left, not even a Sith Apprentice. If Ventress became Vectivus' apprentice, she wouldn't be receiving training from a mere Sith Apprentice (Dooku), but from a proper Sith
Lord. And unlike Ciaran, traditional training would work on her, since that's what she's used to.
Though on thinking about it, that seems more like a multi-turn Hero action than a Lore action.
