This would be for all Wolcen players who do not live in server regions. We would greatly appreciate a method of connecting directly to a friend who lives in the same country, as opposed to playing in online mode where ping is suboptimal.

If this is not possible then implement multiplayer in the same way Diablo 3 does (Actions appear instant on the clients side, and then only register on the server)
as at the moment playing with anything more than 100-ish ping results in,for example, swinging a weapon and only after a few hundred milliseconds the action is registered and the monsters health is removed.

Please consider what i've said as it would make a world of difference to me and anyone who has high ping!