Leagues are separate game economies

Wilson: Leagues are separate game economies within one realm. They can have additional rulesets that modify gameplay. For example, in a cutthroat league, players drop all their items when they die. Some leagues are short-lived and offer opportunities for players who want to compete at levelling quickly. For example, an attrition league could last over a weekend, and would eliminate players periodically (based on who has the lowest experience) until only one remains. There's a much more detailed explanation of leagues here POE currency trade  .

There are specific active skills, passive skills and support gems designed with PvP in mind. It's likely that dedicated PvP players will create specific PvP characters that have taken into account appropriate meta-game concerns. The items that are found in PvE (or awarded in PvP) are usable in both modes, and although they may be better suited to one style of play, there aren't many stats that are only useful in PvP or PvE alone.

An example of a PvP-specific support gem is the "Resist Skill" gem. If linked with an active skill gem, your character will have some degree of resistance to attacks made against it with that skill. For example, if you expect that a PvP tournament is going to have a meta-game consisting of many fireball wielding characters, it might be sensible to link "Resist Skill" to "Fireball" in addition to the usual fire resistance gear you'd wear.

We do care about PvP balance and will try to make sure that it's a fun, fair playing field. It's not that we want Path of Exile to become an e-sport, but it's not healthy if there's one dominant PvP build that everyone has to either play or beat. We'd prefer that it's a constantly changing environment with many different viable builds.

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