Alfred wrote:

A Blend Tool was on the Affinity Designer roadmap at version 1, so I’m not holding my breath!

Specifically mentioned by Ash in the V3 launch video, along with scripting, and accompanied by visual teasers.

Like everything else we’ve been promised, I’ll believe it when I see it.

A Blend Tool was on the Affinity Designer roadmap at version 1, so I’m not holding my breath!

Specifically mentioned by Ash in the V3 launch video, along with scripting, and accompanied by visual teasers.

My experience of software development tells me that there is also a case for not delivering too many new things at one point, as that may generate more corrective action...

Or, as computer science theorists like to say, “For every error correction there is a probability p of generating lambda new errors.”

There's still a lot in the pipeline announced at release and still not there (scripting, blend mode, iPad version), so there's lots of scope for big announcements.

I read somewhere that the iPad version wasn’t expected until August, but I don’t know whether that information came from an official source.

A Blend Tool was on the Affinity Designer roadmap at version 1, so I’m not holding my breath!

There's still a lot in the pipeline announced at release and still not there (scripting, blend mode, iPad version), so there's lots of scope for big announcements.

You're absolutely right.
I get the impression that the 3.1 (or March 26) version is primarily a "stablisation" release addressing a significant (~200?) bug fixes, and in delivering them a number of improvements and additional features were able to be incorporated. Undoubtedly other developments and fixes are still being worked on. My experience of software development tells me that there is also a case for not delivering too many new things at one point, as that may generate more corrective action...

Wonder if this means there won't be much to report new at the Canva worldwide event next month?

https://www.affinity.studio/en_gb/help/release-notes/