Sadly, it would also spell the end of the 11s leagues, like WAPES, which rely on BAL for the created players we then load into team match lobbies.
There could always be some other function for custom player teamplay, at a future point, but it's not currently looking promising at all.
We basically have one year left (presumably, they'll cut the '21 servers by then) and then it's goodbye. Sucks.
I was part of WAPES (Wearepes before, or still the same name, don't care) and we started to play on PES 2015 11 vs 11. No tournament. But when i see how successful it became, with teams from all around the globe when they re-started it etc. (even the one from Pesuni was participating), well, it's sad just for that.
Because BAL, well, it's a bit shitty. But the 11 vs 11 still online, so it's not impossible they plan something like that, with good servers this time.
But ftm, the fucking bugs are what they need to focus, i don't even know if it's doable as there's so many of it, then after they can start to really focus fully on Gameplay and the rest.
Also some guys seems to misunderstood "freedom" with stuff "not yet implanted/calibrated" at all. Rails aren't already put on the game it seems, that's how a game is +- balanced, or at least easier to put a balance on it.
Well future will tell. Ftm, i don't even think about it, just made like "if" the game don't exist anymore : i feel better like it. It's not (at all) impossible, but that half Demo completely unreleasable blocked me.
Don't care at all about the potential neither, needs evidence (like you for example, said : no need to check in the past, that's causing trouble between us and that's the last thing i want, i like debate but i hate when we clearly "fought" between us when we're all on the same boat in fact. Also been ignored for one day i wasn't very good, and just say one thing, i understand that everyone was pissed and feels betrayed in a way or another. I'm a bit sad that Helio8 got me ignored for nothing but a misunderstood for example : he said thing that i agree with. I probably said thing he would agree.
Well back to the game, yes, the evidence that the game is possible to be bug free is what we would need first. Nothing indicates it, what i see as evidence is they will try to correct the bugs from the 0.9 version. That's all, nothing about any other version already corrected, but another based on that version so there's perhaps some "try" on the game good graphisms like Durandil indicated it : but not included already or not functionnal, just done on a super PC, nothing yet included, just some images of what they're trying to do in a XX future and nothing more. As long as we don't have proof with it turning on any system.