Circle of Fortune and Merchants Guild Last Epoch 1.0, the faction guide offering an innovative exchange or drop system!

Last Epoch factions

Here is how factions work in a few words:

• you can choose the faction of the Merchants Guild or the Circle of Fortune
• The Merchants Guild will allow you to exchange items with other players at the Bazaar
• the Circle of Fortune will allow you to boost your chances of obtaining items and improve their quality
• you will be able to choose the faction when arriving in Maj'elka and change faction without penalty
• each faction will have a reputation level that you can increase by killing monsters or doing quests then for a better experience boost the faction quests
• a faction currency, called favor, can be recovered by killing monsters or doing quests, the more experience the monster gives, the more favors you have
• faction items can be equipped from a certain reputation rank, whether those exchanged with the Merchants Guild or those collected via the Circle of Fortune
• the faction level is common to all your characters in the same cycle NLDR similar to a system of seasons

Last Epoch Merchants Guild Faction

This faction is focused on trading, here's what you need to remember:

• you increase the faction level by making trades, which will allow you to exchange more powerful items
• Favor currency allows you to sell or buy items at the Bazaar
• it is indicated for players wishing to trade, unlike the Circle of Fortune faction

Here are the ranks of the faction:

• Rank 1: Basic items, normal to rare
• Rank 2: set items
• Rank 3: Unique items without legendary potential
• Rank 4: idols
• Rank 5: Exalted Weapons
• Rank 6: Unique weapons with legendary potential
• Rank 7: All Exalted Items
• Rank 8: All Unique Items
• Rank 9: Legendary Weapons
• Rank 10: All Legendary Items

Circle of Fortune Faction Last Epoch

This faction is drop-centric, here's what you need to remember:

• you increase the faction level by making prophecies, matching a mission and giving an item as a reward, which will allow you to have more drop modifiers
• Favor currency allows you to obtain prophecies
• it is indicated for players wishing to drop, unlike the Merchant Guild faction

Here are the ranks of the faction:

• Rank 1: 35% chance of item drops
• Rank 2: 45% chance of preserving an ancestry rune on an item with Circle of Fortune faction level at least 1
• Rank 3: 25% chance of dropping two idols when dropping an idol
• Rank 4: 50% chance of having an exalted affix
• Rank 5: 35% chance of double reward from monoliths
• Rank 6: double chance of having legendary potentials on unique ones
• Rank 7: T7 affixes are half as rare
• Rank 8: 25% chance that a rare item will be exalted
• Rank 9: the entire set drops instead of just one part of the set
• Rank 10: Prophecy items are duplicated

By going to one of the telescopes at the observatory in the town of Maj'Elka, you can purchase a prophecy with favor. Each telescope allows you to obtain a prophecy with this type of object: armor, weapons, idols and crafting materials or accessories. Prophecies are of the event type like "the death of X rare enemies", condition like "Monolith" or reward like "X rare armor".

Lenses are permanent objects modifying your telescope. You can equip 3 on each telescope, unlocked at faction level 2, 5 and 9. You have global lenses, going on any telescope or lenses specific to the four telescopes. You can also combine identical lenses to increase their effect.

Sharing with friends while being alone

Mini revolution with the update, you will be able to use a resonator to give an item to a friend, even if you have not dropped this item in their presence. As a reminder, currently you must drop an item in a group in order to exchange it (outside the Bazaar system). You will obtain a resonator by playing with your friend, the duration being deliberately not specified by the development team. There are two types of resonators, one for normal, magic, rare, unique, and set items and one for legendary and exalted items. Be careful, using a resonator consumes it, choose carefully the item to give!

Some precisions

Here is additional information to know:

• When you obtain an item, you can trade it to your team members or sell it at the Bazaar if you are from the Merchants Guild
• each faction will have a vendor to buy items, which will be interesting before attacking the endgame
• you cannot trade Circle of Fortune items at the Bazaar
• you cannot exchange the same item twice at the Bazaar

Twitch drops factions Merchants Guild and Circle of Fortune

To celebrate the release of Last Epoch 1.0, you can collect game cosmetics by watching us on Twitch ! Here is the drop schedule:

• Thursday February 22 - Circle of Fortune coat
• Friday, February 23 - Familiar Merchants Guild
• Saturday February 24 - Merchants Guild coat
• Sunday February 25 - familiar Circle of Fortune
• Thursday February 29 - Circle of Fortune coat
• Friday, March 1 - Merchant Guild pet
• Saturday March 2 - Merchants Guild coat
• Sunday March 3 - familiar Circle of Fortune

You will have two chances to obtain a cosmetic and will have to watch the stream for 1 hour! Remember to mark it on your calendar!

Source

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