I honestly dont think Konami heads were aware how important D2's are for ML.
They didnt see such a bashing coming.
Even if, like they say, they monitored what leagues people are playing, and their results showed D2's are not that popular, people still needed D2 for immersion.
I always played spanish or italian teams, but I simply cant do it long term this year, because of no team rotation and no drama at the bottom of the table.
League cup without Division 2 teams is also ridiculous.
This is first Pes ever Im playing ML in EPL.
Started few in Italy and Spain but i simply cant stick with it long term.
Same goes to all other leagues. If there is no D2 - its not worth playing for me.
There should be D2 in every single league, even fake one. Or an option to pick some teams and add D2, so we could create it ourselves.
IF i get pes20 (second hand and after a while, when its patched, as im expecting same mess next year) it will be mainly because of D2's.