Grinding Gear has just announced a large PvP-oriented content update for Path of Exile, which is due to be released on December 12. The update will revamp features and introduce competitive tournaments with regular seasons, a new PvP-focused Forsaken Master, PvP-only characters,Torment and Bloodlines challenge leagues, new gems, unique items, a massive update to the passive skill tree and dozens of other new enhancements.

In addition to introducing seasons of tournaments, a lot of PvP-specific rebalancing will be implemented. New UI improvements include an Events Screen that shows upcoming events (including PvP tournaments) in the game client.

Moreover, the patch will allow players to create a blank level 28 character that will only be available for participating in PvP matches, thus regular gameplay won’t be influenced by these PvP-only characters. This provides players with a shortcut to trying out level 28 PvP builds and creating characters for tournaments

December will mark the start of two new Challenge Leagues, Torment and Bloodlines. In Torment, the standard Challenge League, players are haunted by the spirits of tormented criminals that yield their ill-gotten gains when slain. In Bloodlines, the hardcore Challenge League, each pack of magic monsters has a shared Bloodlines mod that greatly influences combat.

These new leagues have 8 highly difficult challenges to complete. For the completion of their first challenge, players will be rewarded with a Totem Pole decoration to be displayed in their Hideout, which becomes bigger as further challenges are accomplished. Those who manage to be among the first 50 players to complete all of the challenges will be rewarded with an exclusive Torment/ Bloodlines t-shirt.

This PvP update will introduce several different types of PvP tournaments. Taking place in the Sarn Arena, free-for-all tournaments are an enormous brawl where players score points for killing others while Swiss tournaments are highly competitive tournaments that match players with similar records against each other. Competing in tournaments awards players with points that accumulate towards Alternate Art Unique Item prizes. PvP Tournaments are grouped into Seasons that consist of a month of themed events.

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