It's been a couple weeks, how does everyone feel about the new Kingdoms mode?

I still feel like I'm trying to grasp what I should be doing at any given time in this mode. I think it feels way worse to lose a hero in this mode than in Confessions, due to the amount of time you put in and the fact that you have 1 less character to defend Inn's around the map.

Overall it's interesting, I like how different it is, but it's not clicking for me yet compared to confessions. What do you guys think?