[aleph_minus_one]

> I've been using Affinity's suite exclusively for about 4 years now and I haven't looked back once.

Unluckily, Affinity Designer still has no tool for tracing images (a functionality that would be really helpful for the tasks that I use Affinity Designer for). :-(

UPDATE: Also halftone effects for fillings require quite some hacks in Affinity Designer.

[nikkwong]

It also has no curvature tool, which is a huge deal breaker for many vector artists. I have been making a stink about this online across many platforms for years but the team has shown no intention to adopt it.

[WillAdams]

A free option for tracing is:

https://www.visioncortex.org/vtracer/

[Tagbert]

I just use Inkscape for tracing and then export to SVG. I can't use Inkscape for anything else but it does provide that function.

[ChristopherDrum]

Lack of scripting automation and a blend tool are my only real disappointments with the product. These aren't enough to make me switch back to Adobe mind you, but they're relatively glaring omissions I think.