What type of device are you using? You can adjust the nudge tool speed (tap the 1X icon at the top right), and even moving a large number of annotations at once is pretty fast on my tablets. I'm not testing on an e-ink device though - the refresh of an e-ink device is certainly more problematic.
I am going to add grouping capabilities in version 3.10.0. Also, you can leave freeform combining on, but just use a two finger tap and then a two finger tap again to switch away from the freeform tool and then back again. That effectively commits your current drawing and it will be treated as a separate annotation. It's only when you continually draw without every switching tools or settings that you will run into an issue with too many things being grouped.
Mike
I am going to add grouping capabilities in version 3.10.0. Also, you can leave freeform combining on, but just use a two finger tap and then a two finger tap again to switch away from the freeform tool and then back again. That effectively commits your current drawing and it will be treated as a separate annotation. It's only when you continually draw without every switching tools or settings that you will run into an issue with too many things being grouped.
Mike