Last Epoch: Which Faction Is Best Guide - Circle Of Fortune VS Merchant's Guild

Which faction should you pick in Last epoch:
Last Epoch is an ARPG where you have to choose between two factions, the Circle of Fortune or the Merchant's Guide. The faction you choose impacts how items work, how trading works and how you farm gear at endgame. So lets go over both of the factions and talk about which is the best.
No matter what faction you choose in Last Epoch you can still play any build and wear the same items. However the Merchant's Guide gives you access to trading and the Circle gives you increased drop rates and rewards.
Would love to hear what you think of the two factions and which you chose in Last Epoch.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:23 Circle of Fortune
2:54 Merchants Guild
6:09 Best Faction
7:05 Don't Swap Factions

[@MedievalMarty]

Hope the video helps see more of the 2 factions! I think the Circle of Fortune is my overall favourite, but curious what everyone else thinks.

[@amyheals]

Great video! Loving last epoch, feels so smooth and the quality of life features are great

[@AlanRJones]

Great summary and good points about the pros and cons. Both are great options depending on how you want to play. Amazing they offer both. Well done EHG.

[@denbeenour2247]

i started with merchants till i had about 10 milj gold and then went with alts on circle, the gold makes the endgame and respeccing etc way more fluid and easy and indeed the massive lootdrop from circle feels so much more fun that grinding favor to finally buy something :)

[@Uknurse464]

I chose to trade bc that’s what makes collecting gear fun, knowing I can trade it and make a profit. I hope some gear becomes vanilla items only like Poe did and somethings bc super rare and valuable to trade in years to come

[@Dharengo]

Have you been playing this offstream?

[@lozzar1069]

Does trading give a suggested price for the items?

[@wigglyjiggly4498]

So I'm a little bit confused on one piece of the Merchant's Guild. Can I buy something on one character that would require like level 4 rank, put it in my stash, and give it to a twink character? Maybe one that I would select the other guild with?