Is anyone else upset that Pages 5.2 has lost the ability to link text blocks?

I know that Apple seems to be trying to add back in some of the myriad features they stripped out of the old Pages, but one critical feature for me that has yet to appear is the ability to link text blocks. There are incredibly crude ways to try to emulate this lost feature, but it is really critically important for efficient page layout. I have requested it several times, starting with the original 'new' Pages but it seems to be one of those useful features that Apple has decided is unimportant.