[Node/vector free distort or transform transform]

I'm currently test driving all of the Affinity products in hopes of leaving Adobe's Creative Cloud, but am coming up just a little short on some key tool necessities. The biggest hole I can see is the ability to distort or free transform vector nodes, whole objects or outlined text (curves). 

This is a tutorial on creating 'curved' text using 'free transform' tools in Illustrator from 2000:
http://www.balloontales.com/curved-type/

Or selective scaling when nodes are selected. Here's an example of the function; keep in mind this isn't about WHAT is being created, it's the 'how'.
http://www.balloontales.com/tv-shape-balloon/

Just added functionality to node/vector manipulation and I can then say goodbye to Adobe Illustrator. If these functions already exist, can someone point the way to any related tutorials?

Thanks! Good stuff so far; just need a few more tools to be GREAT stuff.

G.

[Designer - Free transform tool (perspective distort)]

On 7/10/2018 at 11:58 AM, AndrewDes said:

One request on this... I've been in search for a replacement for the Illustrator "Free Distort" tool, which you can apply to text and maintain vector quality. This is different than a perspective shift or even the tools present in Affinity Photo. Will this be possible in 1.7? Is there any indication of where this is in the roadmap? I can't find anything other than Illustrator that does this well. 

Example from illustrator:

THIS. I am currently giving Affinity Designer, along with the other Affinity apps, a test run in hopes to break my shackles to Adobe's Creative Cloud. I letter comic books, which from time to time require distortion of characters for effect. A.D. needs to have a free distortion/transform of nodes or of a grouped object. 

Other node manipulation abilities (not so much WHAT is being made, but the vector technique being used in Illustrator)
http://www.balloontales.com/tv-shape-balloon/
http://www.balloontales.com/curved-type/

These node manipulation abilities are basic necessities when working with vector objects or outlined text (curves).