I know there is the bestiary thing. 

 

How does this work for humanoids. Do I need to be attacking with a high lore character? 

Edited February 5, 201510 yr by Bazy

I don't know the math, but Lore is supposed to affect the rate at which you discover enemy stats, basically. I don't think there's any 0 amount, though. I think even with the minimum Lore, you still discover stats about the foe, just at a slower rate.

 

The bestiary is separate from that. I think it's based on kills? But, once you've supposedly done enough killing research on a type of enemy, you get a chunk of XP for completing that bestiary entry.

 

They happen at the same time, but aren't really the same thing, I don't think. Bestiary is XP bonus after so many kills, while discovering enemy stats is just something that happens in combat.

Lore no longer affects the rate at which you unlock Bestiary entries, you do it from killing more of them in combat.