No, because there is no use once traits are researched.
Maybe they should allow researching on the ragpickers, for no extra cost!

Answered yes, but with some caveats...

It's a yes, but only if that assistant would allow me to task them a) for different characters, so I didn't need to re-log each time, and b) queue/stack multiple traits to be researched in sequence - so those annoying < 1 day timers could all be configured to execute without needing to log-in to the game itself (and without needing to research in parallel).

If neither of those capabilities are exposed by the assistant, and it's just a mechanism to avoid going into town (but you still need to relog, and still need to manage your own timers, etc.) then no.

The decon, banker, and merchant assistants are good QoL because most of the time you need at least one of those when you're running inside a public/group dungeon or trial, and trying to complete the sticker book. A simple research assistant in the same manner has less value.

Yes, with Characters that still need Research.

But i play way more with my Main Character.
so i am unsure if i would purchase it.

Once research is done, it's done.

It's not like a banker/merchant/decon where you will always use it. There is a finite amount of research and eventually it's over.

Can you imagine that they sold one and then you'd have so many people going "I'M DONE WITH RESEARCH ON ALL MY CHARACTERS SO I SHOULD BE ABLE TO REFUND THE CROWNS!!!1!11!1"

All my researches is done for all my current characters.
In addition to that, if they release a new class i will make a new character. Until the time they release it, i will probably have enough Instant Research Scrolls in my storage that i can finish the character's research on day one.

Assistant for research would also compete with housing as a system as a lot of getting furniture (craftstations) will also be able to do research among other things and it would also reduce the need to go to any main hub (city or village) where you can find craft stations.

Decon, bank and merchant assistant where player can sell items that are worth a very small amount or get rid of junk items vs in Guild Store to get more space all have their place for a player character that changes location often and do stuff where one doesn't want to teleport to those hubs every time or can not as in during a dungeon or raid run.

There are also pretty good add ons that will help with keeping track of when one can research item, one which character and so on and even automatically use items for research when interacting with a craft station. So from that point there is no need for a dedicated research assistant.

Another part is that with housing you are actually building a network to get to those hubs (at least until you unlock skill line for Antiquities where you can dig up leads for craft stations) and you can get craft stations from doing Master Writ which give currency to purchase those items from the same vendor that you deliver your Master Writs.

All those paths will be less worth it when you can just buy an Research Assistant from Crown Store the very moment you crate new account and log in and when you understand its limitation for how useful it really is when you progress further into game it will also feel like you might have been tricked into paying for something that wasn't necessary like a Bank or Merchant Assistant.

Decon assistant did also remove all chests which is out in the World of Tamriel and other planes that are left with junk items or items that player didn't want fill their inventory with like armour, jewels or weapon that players with low amount of inventory space would want only to decon as fast as possible or sell through Merchant assistant.

It is really rare nowadays to find chests that have been unlocked with items that are left as player have no space and don't have assistant to get rid of those items before getting to a hub (city or village) where one would find those NPCs or carft station.

The decon assistant functions the same as if the character were at a crafting table, so if the character's extraction passives are at 0 or maxed, they get the same mats from the assistant as they would from a crafting table. A research assistant would probably function the same but based on a character's research passives and I'm failing to see much of a use case for it.

At the early stages of research they might save a few hours between the time when the queue pops and the time something new gets started. At the late stages of research, it's still a few hours of time savings per piece, but an assistant that would only be needed a few times per month and then only if the queue popped while the character was nowhere near a crafting table.

Compound the problem somewhat with the research passives increasing the number of items which can be in queue simultaneously, so maybe break out the Armory Assistant to load a build with the research passives filled, use the research assistant, then use the Armory Assistant again to go back to what you were doing. Not to mention that once all traits are researched, you've bought an assistant that wouldn't be needed again. I can think of much better uses for 5K crowns.

I research on all of my characters because I’m crazy. That said… almost all of them are parked by a crafting station bc I don’t use them all every day. The inconvenience is just having to figure out what character needs what research when. I have craftstore but sometimes it isn’t accurate.

A whole new assistant only for researching on the fly seems a little too convenient.
I mean every map has at least one set of all four crafting benches. A short port to the nearest crafting station will take less than a minute.

I don't see the value, tbh. 🤷

The only way I'd use something like this is as a houseguest furnishing

No... With all the research scrolls available that greatly speed up the research times. This assistant would be a waste of the developers time. Same for the Riding Lessons, the scrolls make it much quicker.

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Also a research assistant could maybe store information about which traits a character needs even if they aren't logged in as a way to add some add-on functionality into the base game.

There are addons for that. I use Traitcraft myself on PS. I currently keep 4 toons researching concurrently. When one fully complets all researches (more accurately, when one queues up the final item for research) I remove them from the addon settings and add the next crafter in line. You assign your main crafter, and whenever it's at a crafting station you can opt to auto craft un researched items for each toon individually, or all at once. It will then auto craft as many research slots as the researcher has the passives to support.

So when I login on my main crafter first thing each day, the addon will notify me with a list of all completed research from all of my researchers. I can then opt to autocraft for those specific toons, drop the items in the bank, and they're ready and waiting to add to the research queue when I get to those toons during my daily writ routine.

Currently, crafter number 4 has 1each left from cloth and blacksmith to initiate research, then I'll drop that one and add crafter number 8 to the process. I keep 4 toons at various stages of completion at any given time with minimal effort.

I'd much rather a 'survey' assistant that I can just feed my writs and surveys too in exchange for the materials / vouchers

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I'd much rather a 'survey' assistant that I can just feed my writs and surveys too in exchange for the materials / vouchers

The idea of a Survey Assistant is already controversial enough. Now it's asked to do both surveys and writs? C'mon...

Sorry but I don't think this idea works as a stand alone idea on any level.

Doesn't work as a crown store purchase, because once research is done there's no use for it and it's just permenently sitting there cluttering up your collection with no function.

Doesn't work as a quest reward because it's the same reward for everyone, so again for everyone who's already done their research it's just clutter. Worse, it's clutter that penalises existing players and we all hate that.

Doesn't work as an antiquity (I guess it could be a dwarven construct of some kind to wedge it in there, because a person wouldn't really work!) because there's enough people who want to collect all the codex for everything. It's load of work for zero benefit.

It doesn't even work that well as a concept. Clicking on the station and starting off research is the easy bit, getting the right item is the part that can take time. It would be like having a survey assistant where you still need to travel to the area and gather the survey but once you're done it'll refine it for you.

That said, if it was a function of another assistant (probably the decon one) it would make a nice addition. I just don't think there's any way they could introduce an assistant that will be obsolete once it's been used