are there any talks of a group party system patch?

this is honestly one of the worst oversights in games releasing today, Socom 4 has the same problem and it is an annoyance that right now is making me want to switch brink out of my console. i got a group of my friends here and we are trying to group up but i can't host because i am too high a level, another tries to host and we get booted to the main menu.

hosting is not done with who has the best connection rather who the game allows to host. why isn't there a pre game lobby where all can meet up and group join into a map rather than invite one by one while a game is running.

is there anything in the works to make grouping up with friends a more smooth process?

Now that lag was addressed, I hope this problem is next